Salian, Sujith Raj
Predheepan, Dhakshanya
Daddangadi, Akshatha
Lakshmi, Vani R
Koulmane Laxminarayana, Sindhura Lakshmi
Kalthur, Guruprasad
Uppangala, Shubhashree
Adiga, Satish Kumar
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 9 April 2025
Accepted: 18 December 2025
First Online: 29 December 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (Kasturba Medical College, Manipal & Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee) approval #IAEC/KMC/39/2021).