Astudy of some aspects of reproductive Performance in rabbits treated with Hydrocortisone

This experiment was carried out to study the changes in some of the structural – functional and biochemical aspects that are related to reproductive performance as a result of using glncocorticoid - hydrocortisone. Twelve adult male rabbit were divided into two equal groups: control and treatment. During pretreatment period ( Five days) blood samples were collected from all animals on every other days. During the treatment period (14) days each animal of the treatment group was injected daily, intramuscularly with hydrocortisone. Rabbit of the control group were injected with the same dose of normal physiological saline. Blood samples were collected as described above until (48) hours after last injection. All animals were scarified and samples from testicular tissue were taken to study structural – functional aspect. Statistical analysis showed significant (P < 0.05) decrease in plasma testosterone of hydrocortisone treated rabbits, plasma levels of ICSH of both treatment and control groups of rabbits were parallel to each other (P< 0.05).

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