string: The experiment was carried out in Physiology Research Laboratory of the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the Chemical Pathology Laboratory of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria (110 10/ N, 070 38/ E) located at the elevation of 650 m above the sea level (Zaria), in the Northern Guinea Savannah zone of Nigeria [14].