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...

The objective of this study was to determine genetic diversity of rabbit by blood plasma protein variance using electrophoresis at loci of pre-albumin (Pa), albumin (Alb), ceruloplasmin (Cp), transferrin (Tf), post-transferrin (P-tf) and amylase-I (Am-I). The blood analysis was performed at the...

Although the use of Euphorbia heterophylla as herbal laxative in Nigeria is associated with severe and sometimes life-threatening side effects, not much is known about the toxic effect of the herb. This study was designed to assess the effect of aqueous leaf extract of the plant on some vital organ ...

Rabbits are suffering from Epizootic Rabbit Enteropathy (ERE), a new gastro-intestinal syndrome of unknown aetiology. ERE has not yet been investigated thoroughly from the patho-physiological point of view of the intestine malfunction during the intestine dysbiosis. For this reason, the aim of the...

Activation of α- and β-adrenergic receptors initiate the process of exocrine secretion in salivary gland cells. In this study, four groups of male adult albino rabbits were selected. Rabbits were treated for 18 consecutive days with isoproterenol (23 mg/kg body weight per day) or phenylephrine (1.5 ...

With rabbit patients, as in other species, analyzing blood and urine samples can be useful and informative, although interpretation of the results is sometimes challenging. This article summarizes the interpretation of laboratory results from rabbits. Haematological parameters can yield information ...

The pathogen was isolated from lesion and was identified by artificial infection in order to investigate the pathogen of skin ulcer of Cynoglossus semilaevis. The morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics, and the activity of extracellular products and hemolysin and the...

In order to investigate the effects of exposure to possible environmental pollutants such as Cd, Pb and Hg on haematological and serum biochemistry values, New Zealand White female rabbits were treated orally with distilled water solutions of CdSO₄.H₂O, Pb(NO₃)₂ and HgCl₂ (n=4/treatment) in...

Using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, density-gradient ultracentrifugation and thermal inactivation, only 1 major molecular species of each of the following larval enzymes (soluble in water or solubilized in Triton X-100) was found: membrane-bound aminopeptidase (pH optimum 8.5; K_m 0.21...

Glycogen synthase was purified from the obliquely striated muscle of A. suum. The muscle contains a concentration of glycogen synthase and glycogen which is 20-fold and 15-fold, respectively, greater than rabbit skeletal muscle. The enzyme could not be solubilized with salivary amylase, but partial ...