Sea Algae Supplementation of Baladi Rabbits Diet and its Implication on Certain Biochemical Parameters | ||
| Journal of Pest Control and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Volume 11, Issue 2, December 2003, Pages 81-96 PDF (314.41 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpces.2003.459460 | ||
| Author | ||
| Sabah G. El-Banna* | ||
| Department of Environmental Studies, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alex_ Univ., Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Eighteen adult male red baladi rabbits were used to evaluate the effect of feeding a diet supplemented with 1% sea algae (Ulva lactuca or Cnuromorpha intestinalis) on blood plasma lipid constituents and some other selected biochemical parameters. Rabbits were weighed and divided into three groups of O, homogeneous in age, weight and paternity. Animals in the first group were given a commercial balanced pelleted ration for biting rabbits and served as a control (C Animals in the second (T1 ) and third (T2) groups were fed the same diet as the control but supplemented with 1% sea algae (Ulva lactuca and Cnuromorpha intestinalis, respectively). Blood samples were obtained from each animal every two weeks via the ear vein during the treatment period which lasted for two and half months (l a July t015&1 September). The results obtained revealed that cholesterol, very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), and direct to indirect bilirubin (DBI:IDBI) ratio were significantly (P<O.OI) increased by treatments. Overall means revealed that DBI:IDBI ratio was elevated only in the T2 group. Total acid phosphatase (ACP) was significantly (P<0.05) increased by treatments. Meanwhile, total lipids, triglycerides (TG), high density lipoprotein (HDL), total bilirubin, (TBI) and indirect bilirubin (IDBI) were significantly (P<O.OI) decreased during the treatment period The overall mean for total lipids was lowered in the T2 group (P<O_05) compared with control group. Low density lipoprotein (LDL), direct bilirubin (DBI), prostatic acid phosphatase (PAcP), non-prostatic acid phosphatase (NPAcP) and PAcP: NPAcP ratio were not significantly by treatments. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) was significantly (P<0 01) increased by treatments, whereas alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were not significantly affected. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Sea Algae; Baladi Rabbits Diet; Biochemical Parameters | ||
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