Oxidative stress indicators of rabbit breeds in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria

Abstract

Results revealed that serum lipid peroxidation, total antioxidant activity, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase were not significantly (p > 0.05) affected by the breeds of rabbit. Fauve de Bourgogne, Chinchilla, and New Zealand White had statistically similar serum SOD activity and were significantly (p < 0.05) higher than serum SOD activity of British Spot rabbits. This shows that British Spot has the least superoxide anion scavenging ability across the breeds. The breeds of rabbit assessed have similar oxidant generation capacity and antioxidant production, except British Spot that has the least superoxide scavenging which could increase oxidant accumulation within this breed of rabbit.