Medycyna Wet. 66 (6), 410-412, 2010
| Stasiak K., Cygan-Szczegielniak D., Janicki B. |
| Influence of diet on biochemical parameters of rabbits’ blood |
| The aim of the research was to compare selected biochemical parameters of rabbits’ blood (crossbreeds) depending on the kind of diet. Twelve rabbits at the age of 2 months and at a body weight of 1.5 kg were chosen for this experiment. The animals were divided into two research groups depending on the kind of diet they were fed. The first group consisted of rabbits fed on an all-mash diet while the second group was fed according to a typical ecological model. After 7 months of the experiment blood was collected for analysis from each animal. In the blood serum samples, the activities of the following enzymes were determined: aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), as were the concentration of glucose, urea, total protein, protein fractions and the lipid proflile (total cholesterol, HDL and LDL fractions) as well as the concentration of triglycerides. This research showed statistically significant diet-dependent differences among all biochemical parameters of blood apart from HDL fractions. |
| Keywords: rabbits, biochemical parameters of blood, diet |