Table 3 Effect of the different zinc sources on liver and kidney function blood biochemical of heat stressed V-line buck rabbits.
From: Counteract severe heat stress by including different forms of zinc in the rabbit bucks’ diet
Parameters | Zinc sources | SEM | P Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | Zn-Met | ZnO-NPs | Zn-S | |||
Liver function | ||||||
AST (U/ml) | 52.29a | 43.12b | 44.70 ab | 48.45ab | 1.190 | 0.019 |
ALT (U/ml) | 54.55a | 45.80b | 51.46ab | 50.90ab | 1.059 | 0.018 |
Kidney function | ||||||
Urea (mg/dl) | 25.56 | 26.52 | 25.16 | 25.74 | 0.616 | 0.899 |
Creatinine (mg/ml) | 1.46a | 0.95b | 0.96b | 1.00b | 0.049 | 0.001 |
Antioxidant status | ||||||
SOD (U/ml) | 45.24b | 56.23a | 53.24a | 52.75a | 1.042 | 0.001 |
Catalase (U/ml) | 145.73 | 156.88 | 153.12 | 150.00 | 1.637 | 0.090 |
TBARS (NMPOL/ML) | 0.90 | 0.61 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.081 | 0.678 |
TAC (mM/L) | 1.54b | 1.88a | 1.84a | 1.78ab | 0.045 | 0.019 |
