About the Authors

Gulnaz Afzal

Contributed equally to this work with: Gulnaz Afzal, Hafiz Muhammad Ali

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Hafiz Muhammad Ali

Contributed equally to this work with: Gulnaz Afzal, Hafiz Muhammad Ali

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hmali_uaf@iub.edu.pk (HMA); dr.riaz.hussain@iub.edu.pk (RH)

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary and Animals Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Tariq Hussain

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Jhang, Pakistan

Shujaat Hussain

Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary and Animals Sciences, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Muhammad Zishan Ahmad

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary and Animals Sciences, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Adeeba Naseer

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Rehana Iqbal

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Zoology Division, Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Jawaria Aslam

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bahawalpur Medical and Dental College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Ahrar Khan

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Shandong Vocational Animal and Veterinary Science College, Weifang, China

Mohamed Farouk Elsadek

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Bandar M. Al-Munqedhi

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Riaz Hussain

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hmali_uaf@iub.edu.pk (HMA); dr.riaz.hussain@iub.edu.pk (RH)

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary and Animals Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors declare no conflict of interest.