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drafted the manuscript. Ubah, S. conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the
manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Acknowledgements
We wish to acknowledge the Theriogenology lab and Physiology lab of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Abuja.
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