Supplement of Saussurea Lappa Declines Oxidative Stress and Augments Fertility Indicators of Male Rabbits Without Genotoxicity | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||||
| Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 23 January 2025 PDF (1.01 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejvs.2025.340379.2528 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Yousry El-Bolkiny1; Nabila El-kassas2; Omnia Ali1; Ismail Abdelraouf Elnady   3; Noura Hamdy Goda4
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| 1Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Agricultural Research Center, Animal Production Research Institute, El-Dokki, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Animal production department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
| 4Animal and poultry production department, Faculty of technology and development, Zagazig university, Zagazig, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Currently, the use of natural products in animal nutrition supplementation in replacement of chemical additives has increased; not only do they contain many active components, but they are also safer, which has led to interest in herbal and medicinal plants. Natural herbal plants enhance animal performance and meat quality for human consumption. Saussurea lappa (Costus) is one of herbal plant that possess bioactive ingredients of many medical applications. Aim: the present work aimed to investigate the effect of costus on blood parameters, DNA integrity, and fertility of Flemish Giant male rabbits. Forty male rabbits (3000-3200 g) of 6 months of age were randomly divided into four experimental groups (n = 10). The first group received normal rodent's diet to serve as a control (C). The other three groups received orally costus at doses of 50 (T1), 100 (T2) and 200(T3) mg/kg B.W for consecutive 8 weeks. The obtained results showed a significant increase in RBCs, WBCs, Hb and no changes in PCV and platelet’s count with treated groups compared to the control group. Ejaculated volume of semen, live, total output, concentration, and viability of sperms were improved in a significant way. Additionally, serum testosterone level was enhanced in all treatments compared to the control. Whereas there was a decrease in cholesterol, triglycerides, and MDA with an increase in CAT compared to the control. Interestingly, there is no observed DNA fragmentation in the investigated tissues post all treatments. These results can recommend using costus in diet or water provided to rabbits safely for enhancing productivity of rabbits and other poultry. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Saussurea; DNA; semen; testosterone; rabbit | ||||
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