Whereas diet-induced obese rabbits have been used to study various aspects of obesity, alterations of lipid metabolism in this model have not been clarified. This study aimed to compare plasma nonesterified fatty acid (NEFA) and triglyceride (TG) kinetics in obese and lean rabbits by means of U-(13)C16-palmitate infusion. Young female rabbits consumed either a high-fat diet (49% energy from fat...

Tumors were induced in adult and newborn rabbits by inoculation of fibroma virus. Whereas tumors completely regressed in adult rabbits by 3 weeks after virus inoculation, newborn rabbits supported tumor growth for 3 to 4 weeks. In the latter case, some animals died at this time, others survived with a gradual regression of the tumors over an additional period of 5 to 6 weeks. Virus neutralizati...

background: immunotherapy is the only specific treatment for scorpion envenomation. in the present study, the protective effects of polyvalent antivenom against histopathological complications in kidneys and marker changes (bun and creatinine) induced by mesobuthus eupeus (me) scorpion venom was investigated in anesthetized rabbits. methods: twenty four rabbits were randomized into four groups:...

Rabbits were vaccinated with the following Campylobacter fetus var. venerealis (Vibrio fetus) antigens: whole-cell (WC), autoclaved (A), boiled (B), and purified postgrowth broth (PGB). Bactericidal activity of freshly drawn heparinized blood against the organism was determined after each vaccination. In all cases bactericidal activity of the blood of vaccinated rabbits was higher than for nonv...

Clinical and serum biochemical markers were utilized to assess the clinical efficacy of routinely used preanaesthetics induction agents in rabbits. Eight healthy rabbits (3.0-3.5kg) either sex randomly assigned one two groups: XK (Xylazine-ketamine) or XFK (Xylazine–fentanyl–ketamine). Intramuscular injections xylazine (5 mg/kg), ketamine (35 fentanyl (0.02 mg/kg) given parameters (rectal tempe...

The aim of this study was to determine intraocular pressure (IOP) and central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements in healthy rabbits establish clinical reference values investigate the possible relationship between these measurements. included 40 eyes 20 New Zealand albino rabbits, aged 1.5-2 years. All were with no abnormalities, disease, or evidence glaucoma. An ultrasonographic pachymeter u...

Salmonella spp. are pathogens involved in most salmonellosis rabbits. This study examined disease rabbits raised Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam. Two hundred and 56 rectal swabs of were taken, a carrier rate 33.98% was found. In addition, all the isolated strains 100% motile; positive for H2S, catalase, Voges Proskauer, coagulase, citrate, maltose, dextrose; negative indole, methyl red, urease, oxidase...

Three experimental diets were formulated including (per kg) 0, 50 or 100 g chicory root (Control, Chicory 5, Chicory 10 diets, respectively) at the expense of oats. The diets differed with respect to starch and fructan contents. In the performance trial, 120 Hyplus rabbits were randomly allocated to 3 groups (2 rabbits per cage) and fed one of the 3 experimental diets between 31 and 73 d of age...

BACKGROUND The identification of hepatitis E virus (HEV) from rabbits motivated us to assess the possibility of using rabbits as a non-human primate animal model for HEV infection and vaccine evaluation. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS First, 75 rabbits were inoculated with seven strains of genotypes 1, 3, 4, and rabbit HEV, to determine the appropriate strain, administrative route and viral d...

Ravuconazole is a new antifungal triazole with broad-spectrum activity and a long half-life in plasma. We studied the antifungal efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of ravuconazole lysine phosphoester in escalating dosages for the treatment of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus in persistently neutropenic rabbits. Treatment groups consisted of rabbits treated with ...