It has been widely accepted that there is a significant difference in peripheral blood oxygen between arteries and veins. Therefore, arterial blood has been collected for blood gas analysis, and venous blood, because it is convenient to collect, has been used for most laboratory examinations....

Hepatic coccidiosis is a frequent disease in rabbits. However, limited information is available pertaining to hematology, biochemistry, and ultrasonography of the liver in naturally infected rabbits. Two young emaciated rabbits presented with diarrhea. Microscopic fecal examination identified...

A total of ninety-six, six weeks old rabbits were grouped into two housing types (steel and wooden hutches), sex (male and female) and four inclusion levels (0, 5, 10 and 15 ml) of oyster mushroom extract per litre of water in a 2×2×4 factorial experimental layout. One rabbit each was selected from ...

The study aims to establish data related to the friendly feeding environment and relieve stress on animals during the experiment, thereby to assure reliable animal test results. The study was conducted on 36 rabbits aged 4 weeks (half of which was male and the other half female), raised in enriched ...

Type 2 Diabetes mellitus was induced in rabbits with 120 mg/kg alloxan and 50 mg/kg nicotinamide injected intraperitoneally (IP). The condition was confirmed by fasting blood glucose (FBS) of ≥200 mg/dl and insulin resistance >3 mg/dL at 2 weeks. We then intubated groups of 5 rabbits each with...

Two pet rabbits were presented with an acute decrease in appetite and activity. Rabbit 1 showed severe hypothermia, bradycardia, arrhythmias, a heart murmur, dyspnea, occlusion of the nares with secretions, icterus, dehydration, and gaseous gastrointestinal dilation. The urine was dark yellow. ...

The effect of organic selenium, prebiotics, or probiotics on productive performances, blood biochemistry, and carcass characteristics of growing rabbits was studied throughout summer and winter seasons. In an 8-week feeding trial, a total of 100 New Zealand White rabbits were randomly distributed...

Myxomatosis and rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHD) are the major viral diseases that affect the wild European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). These diseases arrived in Europe within the last decades and have caused wild rabbit populations to decline dramatically. Both viruses are currently considered ...

Background: Inflammation has important effects on lipid metabolism, but the relationship between hyperlipidemia, inflammation, and disease remains unknown in rabbits. While rabbits are sensitive to dietary hypercholesterolemia, the etiology of hyperlipidemia when fed non-atherogenic diets is...

Two groups of 6 cannulated rabbits each, were given oral 0.21 mg/kg amlodipine once with or without 22 mg/kg erythromycin every 6 hours for 24 hours. Another two groups of 6 normo and hypertensive rabbits were used as controls. Blood was taken at 0, 1 and intervals to 144 hours for measurement of...