Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR 23)
Article History
Received: 22 January 2020
Accepted: 26 April 2020
First Online: 4 May 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Informed consent was provided by the pig owners for the conduct of this study.
: This study was ethically approved by Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals, Animal Welfare Division, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India through Institutional Ethics Committee, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana (70th meeting F. No. 25/4/2019—CPCSEA dated 20-03-2017). Naturally reared pigs were involved in this study.