Funding for this research was provided by:
Matrouh University
Article History
Received: 6 February 2025
Accepted: 19 March 2025
First Online: 14 April 2025
Change Date: 9 December 2025
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-025-05170-4
Declarations
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: All animal experimental procedures in this experiment received approval from the Animal Care and Use Committee at Alexandria University (Approval no. 0306746). All procedures involving animals in this study were carried out in accordance with the Universal Directive on the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes, and followed the ARRIVE guidelines for reporting animal research ( ). Informed consent was obtained from the farm owner to use pigeons in this experiment.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.