التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Effects of graded dose of probiotics on packed cell volume, live body weight and gonadal and extragonadal sperm reserves of rabbit buck. |
| المؤلفون: |
Iliyasu, D., Lawan, F. A., Abdullahi, A. M., Mustapha, AR., Aliyu, A. A., Abba, A., Bamanga, U. M., Timta, M. H., Bukar, M. M., Maina, V. A., Waziri, M. A, Amin, J. D. |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Sustainable Veterinary & Allied Sciences; Jun2024, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p107-112, 6p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
PROBIOTICS, BODY weight, RABBITS, SEMEN |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
NIGERIA |
| مستخلص: |
Probiotics are live microorganisms, and when administered in sufficient amounts they grant health benefits to the host. This study was designed to determine the effects of a graded dose of probiotics on packed cell volume (PCV) live body weight and semen characteristics of the rabbit buck. Twelve healthy adult rabbit bucks were purchased and kept in the Laboratory Animal Research Unit of the Large Animal Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri. The animals were randomly grouped into four A, B, C and D. Groups A, B and C rabbits were supplemented in their feeds with probiotics at the dose of 300 g, 200 g, and 100 g respectively. Group D, served as control and fed only a basal diet without probiotics throughout the research period. Drinking water was provided ad libitum throughout the study period. Thereafter, blood samples were collected aseptically via the ear vein once every week for six weeks and the live body weight of each rabbit in all the groups was measured with weighing balance once every week for six weeks. At the end of the six weeks, the rabbit bucks were aseptically prepared for orchidectomy and their testes were used for evaluation of gonadal and extragonadal sperm reserves. The results reveal that the (PCV) and the live body weight were significant (P ˂ 0.05) among the treated groups when compared to the control (group D). However, the Gonadal morphometric gonadal and extragonadal sperm reserves were not significant (p ˃ 0.05) among the treated groups when compared to the control (group D). In conclusion, Probiotics have the potential and influence on the (PCV) and live body weight of the rabbits in a dose-dependent manner, with no significant effects on the semen characteristics of the rabbits bucks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |