Tusubira, Deusdedit
Aja, Patrick M.
Munezero, Jonasi
Ssedyabane, Frank
Namale, Nathim
Ifie, Josiah E.
Agu, Peter C.
Ajayi, Clement O.
Okoboi, Joash
Article History
Received: 4 August 2022
Accepted: 31 May 2023
First Online: 8 June 2023
Declarations
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: This study was done under the supervision and approval by the Office of Research, Innovation and Institutional Ethics Committee of Ebonyi state university, Nigeria (EBSU/BCH/ET/21/001). All procedures for animal studies were carried out and reported based on the Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE) guidelines and legislations consistent with the National Institute of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (NIH Publications No. 80-23, revised in 1996) [CitationRef removed] as well as National guidelines for the use of laboratory animals for research and teaching based on the principles of 3Rs, reduce refine or replace.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.