About the Authors

Naveed Arshad

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Management, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Sana Alam

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

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

Muhammad Rafay

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Management, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Ghazala Jabeen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan

Kashif Hussain

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

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan

Riaz Hussain

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

03090982551kh@gmail.com, dr.riaz.hussain@iub.edu.pk

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Muhammad Irfan Ullah

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

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Faculty Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Mujahid Iqbal

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

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Dalia Fouad

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

Farid Shokry Ataya

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.