Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LVIII
Written by Oksana SHTAPENKO, Ivan GEVKAN, Yevgen DZEN, Svetlana FEDOROVA, Yurij SLYVCHYK, Vasyl SYRVATKA, Iryna MATIUKHA
The paper aimed to investigate the influence of subcutaneous injections of organic microelements in liposomal forms on the performance antioxidant status in blood of female rabbits and their reproduction function during the early stage of pregnancy. Two weeks before fertilization females from experimental group were subcutaneous injected preparations with Zn glutamate, Mn glutamate, Cr methionine, NaSe with vitamins E, A, D in liposomal form. Reproductive organs and blood samples were obtained after hormonal induction and fertilization on 14th day of gestation. Our results showed that supplemental organic trace elements increased the number of implantations and corpus luteum in the ovaries in the experimental group as compared with the control group. The activity of catalase has decreased in the experimental group compared with control group. However, the increasing ceruloplasmin activity in experimental group was noted. Liposomal preparation injection induced the significantly decrease of content oxidatively modified proteins (OMP) in the blood of the experimental group (p<0.05; p<0.01) compare to that index in control group. Accordingly, TBARS level in experimental group significantly (p<0.01) decreased, as compared with the control. The results of our study indicate that supplementation organic microelements in liposomal form before 2 weeks and during fertilization has a positive effect on the reproductive ability of female rabbits to improve the pregnancy, implantation rates. Addition of organic microelements in liposomal form provided increase of antioxidant defense system and lower intensity of peroxidation.
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