Open AccessEvaluation of Telfaria occidentalis and sorghum bicolor extracts as potent haematinics in domestic rabbits
Author(s) -
Adeolu Alex Adedapo,
O. A. Dina,
Adebowale Benard Saba,
O. D. Oladipo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v29i1.1531
Subject(s) - mean corpuscular volume , distilled water , white blood cell , biology , mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration , zoology , red blood cell , sorghum , traditional medicine , medicine , veterinary medicine , hematocrit , endocrinology , biochemistry , immunology , chemistry , chromatography , ecology
A total of 20 domestic rabbits divided into 4 groups of animals per group were used in this study. Group A animals (control) were not bled but those in groups B-D were bled to induce anaemia. Group B animals were left to recover by normal haemopoesis while those in groups C and D were treated respectively with Haematopan B12 ® (a commercially prepared haematinic) and alcohol extracts of a combination of Sorghum bicolor and Telfaria occidentalis, reconstituted at concentration of 4mg/100ml of distilled water. The post-haemorrhage treatment haematologic values were obtained at given intervals (7 days) and compared with the pre-haemorrhage values earlier obtained. The study showed that the group B animals recovered gradually by physiologic haemopoesis while animals in group C and D showed accelerated recovery with group D animals having a faster and better response in terms of packed cell volume (PCV), white blood cell (WBC), red blood cell (RBC), haemoglobin (Hb), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular volune (MCV). Thus the combination of the extracts used in the treatment of the anaemic rabbits was a potent haematinic.