Giggin, T.
Martin, K. D. John
Venugopal, S. K.
Gopinath, B.
Narayanan, M. K.
Article History
Received: 28 May 2025
Accepted: 25 September 2025
First Online: 28 September 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Faculty Research Committee of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India, on 15 December 2020. As per the Indian Wildlife Research guidelines, permission was obtained from the competent authority, the Chief Wildlife Warden (Kerala), Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department, Thiruvananthapuram, India (letter no. KFDHQ-788/2021-CWW/WL-10 dated 12.04.2021). Informed consent from the animal’s custodian was obtained for the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.