About the Authors

Farhan Ahmad Atif

Contributed equally to this work with: Farhan Ahmad Atif, Ammar Tahir

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

farhan.atif@uvas.edu.pk (FAA); furhan.iqbal@bzu.edu.pk (FI); aswelum@ksu.edu.sa (AAS)

‡ These auhtors are first authors on this work.

Affiliation Medicine Section, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, Sub-Campus of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Ammar Tahir

Contributed equally to this work with: Farhan Ahmad Atif, Ammar Tahir

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These auhtors are first authors on this work.

Affiliation Medicine Section, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, Sub-Campus of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Muhammad Kashif

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Medicine Section, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, Sub-Campus of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Aziz ur Rehman

Roles Formal analysis, Resources

Affiliation Pathology Section, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, Sub-Campus of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Abdulmohsen H. Alqhtani

Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Alaa Bassuny Ismael

Roles Funding acquisition, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia

Ioannis A. Giantsis

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Adil Khan

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Furhan Iqbal

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

farhan.atif@uvas.edu.pk (FAA); furhan.iqbal@bzu.edu.pk (FI); aswelum@ksu.edu.sa (AAS)

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Multan, Pakistan

Muhammad Imran

Roles Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Ayman A. Swelum

Roles Funding acquisition, Software, Writing – review & editing

farhan.atif@uvas.edu.pk (FAA); furhan.iqbal@bzu.edu.pk (FI); aswelum@ksu.edu.sa (AAS)

Affiliation Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.