The current study aimed to evaluate the effects of castration and sex hormones on hormonal and biochemical traits of male rabbits. 36 mature local rabbits were divided into 6 groups. 1^st group: Intact, 2^nd group: castrated. 3^rd and 5^th group: Intact rabbits treated i.m with testosterone 10 mg/kg...

To investigate the biochemical alterations of oxidative status and male sexual hormones, thyroid hormones, cortisol, liver function and kidney function; sixty male New Zealand White rabbits were equally allotted according to their body weight into two groups. Control samples were collected before...

The effects of ciclosporin at 15 mg/kg s.c. and dexamethasone at 2 mg/kg body weight i.m. on the haematological and biochemical parameters of rabbits were investigated. It was shown that haemoglobin, total leukocyte count, serum total protein, serum albumin, serum globulin, sodium and cortisol...

This work aims at the identification of relevant intermediate metabolism enzymes contributing to improved meat production due to genetic selection. A wild rabbit (WR) breed and a highly meat selected breed (New Zealand (NZ) rabbit) were used. Food restriction was used as an experimental condition...

60 female New Zealand White (NZW) rabbits were assigned to 6 treatment groups (n=10/group): control (intravenous (iv) saline solution injection), ketamine (Ketolar, 10 mg/kg, iv) with either xylazine (Rompun, 3 mg/kg, iv) or diazepam (Valium, 2 mg/kg, iv), pentobarbitone (Pentobarbital, 30 mg/kg,...

Progesterone, 17β-oestradiol, cortisol, cholesterol and cholesterol ester were measured in serum of 9 healthy rabbits before mating, at 1-3 weeks of pregnancy, the 14th week of gestation and parturition and in the first week of lactation, and in the amniotic fluid, milk and fetal serum at 28 days...

Red scorpion (Mesobuthus tamulus concanesis) sting produces acute myocarditis and causes death in children and adults. Acute myocarditis was experimentally produced by injection of 3 mg/kg and 4 mg/kg of bwt in dogs and rabbits, respectively. Plasma analyses showed significant increase in blood...

Binding of ³H-cortisol by serum proteins by means of competitive adsorption was relatively high by serum of the gerbil, man, rabbit, sheep, tree shrew, hamster, rhesus monkey and horse. Lower binding was observed by serum proteins of the baboon, cattle, dog, rat and cat. Serum taken from either the ...

The stimulatory effect of glucocorticoids on the initiation of milk protein synthesis by prolactin was evaluated after injections of hydrocortisone acetate alone or associated with prolactin by measurements of total RNA and DNA content of mammary glands, lactose synthetase activity, casein...

Aeromonas salmonicida has been recognized as a pathogen of fish for over 100 years. Emmerich and Weibel (1894) made the first authentic report of its...