Funding for this research was provided by:
South African Research Chair Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (64801)
Article History
Received: 20 January 2021
Accepted: 9 April 2021
First Online: 5 June 2021
Declarations
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: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest and that approval for publication was granted from all parties.
: This work was conducted with the approval of the Rhodes University Animal Ethics Subcommittee (RU-LAD-16-03-0002). All blood sampling procedures followed were approved by Nicola Stander, the Bird Rehabilitation Manager of the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB, Table View).