Venkidesh, Babu Santhi
Acharya, Meghana
Narasimhamurthy, Rekha K.
Murali, Thokur S.
Rao, Bola Sadashiva Satish
Mumbrekar, Kamalesh Dattaram https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1888-6252
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 19 July 2025
Accepted: 2 April 2026
First Online: 15 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India (IAEC/KMC/84/2020).