Changes in blood constituents of rabbits subjected to transportation under hot, humid tropical conditions
Unlike Europe (particularly, Italy and Spain), where a number of studies have been conducted on the stressful effects of transport on rabbit welfare, few studies have been conducted on transportation of rabbits under hot, humid tropical conditions experienced in countries like Malaysia. We studied t...
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| author | Nakyinsige, Khadijah Sazili, Awis Qurni Aghwan, Zeiad Amjad Idrus, Zulkifli Goh, Yong Meng Abu Bakar, Fatimah |
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| description | Unlike Europe (particularly, Italy and Spain), where a number of studies have been conducted on the stressful effects of transport on rabbit welfare, few studies have been conducted on transportation of rabbits under hot, humid tropical conditions experienced in countries like Malaysia. We studied the effects of transportation in hot humid tropical conditions of Malaysia on physiometabolic changes in New Zealand white rabbits. Eighty experimental animals were divided into two groups of 40 bucks each and transported for either 3 or 1 h. Transportation caused a significant upsurge of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and creatine kinase activities (p<0.001) though did not significantly affect lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity (p = 0.0706). Both transportation periods caused elevation in plasma glucose levels, lactic acidosis and dehydration as evidenced through elevated packed cell volume and plasma protein concentration. It was concluded that regardless of the duration, transport of rabbits under hot humid tropical conditions, resulted in heat distress since the rabbits showed hyperglycemia, hypercalcemia, lactacidemia, lymphocytopenia, dehydration and increase in blood enzyme activities. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-292392016-04-25T04:23:17Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29239/ Changes in blood constituents of rabbits subjected to transportation under hot, humid tropical conditions Nakyinsige, Khadijah Sazili, Awis Qurni Aghwan, Zeiad Amjad Idrus, Zulkifli Goh, Yong Meng Abu Bakar, Fatimah Unlike Europe (particularly, Italy and Spain), where a number of studies have been conducted on the stressful effects of transport on rabbit welfare, few studies have been conducted on transportation of rabbits under hot, humid tropical conditions experienced in countries like Malaysia. We studied the effects of transportation in hot humid tropical conditions of Malaysia on physiometabolic changes in New Zealand white rabbits. Eighty experimental animals were divided into two groups of 40 bucks each and transported for either 3 or 1 h. Transportation caused a significant upsurge of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and creatine kinase activities (p<0.001) though did not significantly affect lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity (p = 0.0706). Both transportation periods caused elevation in plasma glucose levels, lactic acidosis and dehydration as evidenced through elevated packed cell volume and plasma protein concentration. It was concluded that regardless of the duration, transport of rabbits under hot humid tropical conditions, resulted in heat distress since the rabbits showed hyperglycemia, hypercalcemia, lactacidemia, lymphocytopenia, dehydration and increase in blood enzyme activities. Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29239/1/29239.pdf Nakyinsige, Khadijah and Sazili, Awis Qurni and Aghwan, Zeiad Amjad and Idrus, Zulkifli and Goh, Yong Meng and Abu Bakar, Fatimah (2013) Changes in blood constituents of rabbits subjected to transportation under hot, humid tropical conditions. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 26 (6). pp. 874-878. ISSN 1011-2367; ESSN: 1976-5517 http://ajas.info/current/?vol=26&no=6 10.5713/ajas.2012.12652 |
| spellingShingle | Nakyinsige, Khadijah Sazili, Awis Qurni Aghwan, Zeiad Amjad Idrus, Zulkifli Goh, Yong Meng Abu Bakar, Fatimah Changes in blood constituents of rabbits subjected to transportation under hot, humid tropical conditions |
| title | Changes in blood constituents of rabbits subjected to transportation under hot, humid tropical conditions |
| title_full | Changes in blood constituents of rabbits subjected to transportation under hot, humid tropical conditions |
| title_fullStr | Changes in blood constituents of rabbits subjected to transportation under hot, humid tropical conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes in blood constituents of rabbits subjected to transportation under hot, humid tropical conditions |
| title_short | Changes in blood constituents of rabbits subjected to transportation under hot, humid tropical conditions |
| title_sort | changes in blood constituents of rabbits subjected to transportation under hot humid tropical conditions |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29239/1/29239.pdf |
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