Nagarajan, Muniyandi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8328-9767
Kamalakkannan, Ranganathan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8378-4629
Prabhu, Vandana R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6302-8022
Bhavana, Karippadakam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8287-9957
Gopalakrishnan, Achamveetil
Thomas, Subhash https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8564-2878
Suresh, Aryasree Chaithanya
Puzhakkal, Abhirami
Meghana, Gudikandula
Ramankutty, Anaswara Suseela
Mustak, Mohammed S. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7572-7229
Funding for this research was provided by:
DST | Science and Engineering Research Board
Article History
Received: 16 February 2024
Accepted: 7 October 2024
First Online: 19 October 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee of the Mangalore University. The samples were collected with necessary permissions from the respective state forest departments/zoo authorities. Further, the samples were collected by qualified veterinary doctors with consent of the duck owners. The sample collection procedures complied with the present laws on animal welfare and research in India. This study is in accordance with ARRIVE guidelines.