Testicular and Epididymal Characteristics of Rabbit Bucks fed Tephrosia bracteolata leaf meal

2016-11-22T04-51-20Z
Source: International Journal of Livestock Research
Adakole Hyacinth Abu, Ibrahim Abel Okwori, Terzungwe Ahemen, Leo Daniel Ojabo.
Twenty crossbred rabbit bucks aged 9 - 11 weeks were used to study the effects of varying levels of Tephrosia bracteolata leaf meal on testicular and epididymal morphometry, and cauda epididymal sperm characteristics. The rabbit bucks were randomly assigned into four experimental treatments designated as T1, T2, T3 and T4 of five animals and was replicated five times with one rabbit buck per replicate in a completely randomized design. The results showed no significant (P>0.05) decrease on the morphometric dimensions of testes and epididymides, except the weights of testes and epididymides were significantly (P0.05) among the treatment groups. The findings of this study indicated that dietary inclusion of Tephrosia bracteolata leaf meal up to 15% per feed had no adverse effect on the epididymal sperm quality of rabbit. It is therefore suggested that Tephrosia bracteolata leaves could be used in rabbit diets.


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