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Funding for this research was provided by:
University Grants Commission
ICAR - National Agricultural Science Fund (NASF/ABA-7012/2018-19, NASF/ABA-7012/2018-19, NASF/ABA-7012/2018-19, NASF/ABA-7012/2018-19, NASF/ABA-7012/2018-19, NASF/ABA-7012/2018-19, NASF/ABA-7012/2018-19, NASF/ABA-7012/2018-19, NASF/ABA-7012/2018-19)
Article History
Received: 22 April 2025
Accepted: 1 September 2025
First Online: 16 October 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All the experimental procedures involving feeding, sample collection, and housing were in accordance with the institutional animal ethics committee (IAEC; ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP, India) under the supervision of the committee for the control and supervision of experiments on animals (CCSEA; formerly CPCSEA), India (Approval vide letter no. 25/17/2019-CPCSEA).