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Reproductive performance, oxidative enzyme and gonadotropins status of rabbit does fed organic selenium as dietary supplement

Omeje Valentine , Machebe Ndubuisi Samuel , Ezekwe Arinze

Introduction: Selenium deficiency is known to affect negatively the reproductive performance of farm animals including rabbits. This study evaluated the effect of feeding organic selenium (OSe) as dietary supplement on the reproductive performance, oxidative enzyme and gonadotropins status of rabbits does.Materials and methods: Sixteen female rabbit does of 6 to 7 months of age and weighing between 1.95 to 2.03 kg were assigned to four treatment groups r...