Indian Journal of Veterinary Research (The)

  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue: 1

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

  • Author:
  • Sandeep Gera, Anirban Guha, P. K. Kapoor, Suresh Chander1
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 12 to 15

1TVCSC, College of Veterinary Science, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana)

Department of Veterinary Biochemistry, College of Veterinary Science, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana)

Online published on 17 September, 2011.

Abstract

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 (p<0.05) 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.

Keywords

Blood, Biochemical, Dietary green, Rabbit