Blood serum chemistry and enzyme values of laboratory rabbits in absence and presence of dietary green.

Gera, Sandeep; Guha, Anirban; Kapoor , P. K.; Chander, Suresh

Blood serum chemistry and enzyme values of laboratory rabbits in absence and presence of dietary green.

2011

Gera, Sandeep | Guha, Anirban | Kapoor , P. K. | Chander, Suresh

The scarcity of green during summer months imposes nutritional stress on farm animals. In this study we examined the effect of nutritional stress on various biochemical parameters of rabbits.Control and green deprived groups each of 20, weaned New Zealand White rabbits, of either sex, were randomly placed and observed for two months. Then green was re-introduced in deprived group for again two months. Blood sera harvested at every 15th day and analyzed using RA 50 Chemistry auto analyzer. Significant (p0.05) decrease of alkaline phosphatase (AKP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and increase in gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) and serum cholesterol was observed in rabbits green deprived group.

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