Funding for this research was provided by:
UGC (F1-17.1/2013-14/RGNF-2013-14-SC-ORI-51259/(SA-III/Websit))
Article History
Received: 24 August 2017
Accepted: 7 February 2018
First Online: 14 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The guidelines applicable for the investigation have been appropriately followed international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. As per the discussion with the members of the Animal Ethical Committee of the University, the permission of the ethical committee is not necessary since the animals are neither sacrificed nor killed nor anesthetised nor narcotized nor etherised nor harmed during the investigation. Further, for this particular investigation, only 2 ml of blood per species of different age groups and different sexes is required which is collected during the routine test of the birds of Central Poultry Development Organization, Govt. of India, Odisha. This neither causes any injury nor pain to the birds as blood is collected by professional veterinary doctors of the farm.