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Article History

Received: 24 January 2024

Accepted: 27 March 2024

First Online: 4 April 2024

Declarations

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: All of the protocols were approved by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine’s Committee on the Ethics of Animal Experiments at Urmia University (IR-UU-AEC-3/62). Every procedure was carried out in accordance with the relevant laws and standards. The study was conducted in compliance with the ARRIVE standards. The owner(s) of the animals gave their informed consent for us to use them in the study.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests. We want to declare that the work described is original research that has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. All the authors listed wish to be considered for publication in BMC Veterinary Research. No conflict of interest exists in submitting this manuscript; all authors have approved the paper for publication.