“…The dogs were provided a standardised meal 6 h after drug intake. Blood samples of control group were collected into heparinised polystyrene tubes at time 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 15 h. Blood samples of test group were collected at time 0, 2, 2.5, 3,4,5,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,18,19,23, 26 and 28 h. Plasma samples were obtained from the supernatant of centrifuged blood and they were immediately frozen and kept at −20 • C until assay. There was a 1-week washing-out time between each treatment period.…”