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Abstract
Ovuru, S.S., Berepubo, N.A., Nodu, M.B. and Dambo, L.B. 2003. Biochemical and enzyme responses in rabbits experimentally fed crude oil contaminated diets. J. Appl. Anim. Res., 24: 169–176.
Thirty experimental rabbits were fed sublethal levels of crude oil (0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15 or 0.20%) in their diets for 84 days and their blood assayed for Cortisol, glucose, total protein, albumin, amylase, alkaline phosphatase, alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase. Activities of these parameters showed a progressive increase with increasing concentration of crude oil indicating significant differences (P<0.05) between controls and crude oil treated animals. The elevated biochemical changes indicate that ingestion of crude oil fractions imposed a physiological and homeostatic stress in the animals.