Studies on the sexual behaviour, haematology and spermatogenesis of male rabbits infected with Trypanosoma brucei brucei

Studies on the sexual behaviour, haematology and spermatogenesis of male rabbits infected with Trypanosoma brucei brucei

A total of 24 crossbreed buck rabbits (New Zealand White × chinchilla) were used to evaluate the effect of experimental infection with Trypanosoma brucei on symptoms, sexual behaviours, haematology and spermatogenesis. The rabbits were divided into two groups (A and B) of 12 rabbits each. Group A ra...

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Veröffentlicht in:Comparative clinical pathology 2009-02, Vol.18 (1), p.63-68
Hauptverfasser: Ezema, W. S., Omeke, B. C. O., Eze, J. I., Nwanta, J. A.
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Sprache:eng
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Behavior
Hematology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Oncology
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Pathology
Rabbits
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Zusammenfassung:A total of 24 crossbreed buck rabbits (New Zealand White × chinchilla) were used to evaluate the effect of experimental infection with Trypanosoma brucei on symptoms, sexual behaviours, haematology and spermatogenesis. The rabbits were divided into two groups (A and B) of 12 rabbits each. Group A rabbits were infected with 1.25 × 10 6 of T. brucei , whereas group B served as the uninfected control. The trypanosomes were detectable in the blood of all the infected bucks by day 7 post-infection (PI) with mean pre-patent period of 4.7 ± 0.85 days. The red blood cell (RBC) and packed cell volume (PCV) decreased significantly ( P  
ISSN:1618-5641
1618-565X
DOI:10.1007/s00580-008-0740-4