Table 3.

Effect of the different zinc sources on liver and kidney function blood biochemical of heat stressed V-line buck rabbits.

Parameters	Zinc sources				SEM	P Value
	Control	Zn-Met	ZnO-NPs	Zn-S
Liver function
AST (U/ml)	52.29a	43.12b	44.70 ab	48.45ab	1.190	0.019
ALT (U/ml)	54.55a	45.80b	51.46ab	50.90ab	1.059	0.018
Kidney function
Urea (mg/dl)	25.56	26.52	25.16	25.74	0.616	0.899
Creatinine (mg/ml)	1.46a	0.95b	0.96b	1.00b	0.049	0.001
Antioxidant status
SOD (U/ml)	45.24b	56.23a	53.24a	52.75a	1.042	0.001
Catalase (U/ml)	145.73	156.88	153.12	150.00	1.637	0.090
TBARS (NMPOL/ML)	0.90	0.61	0.72	0.74	0.081	0.678
TAC (mM/L)	1.54b	1.88a	1.84a	1.78ab	0.045	0.019

Means in row with different superscript letters (a–b) are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05).

Zn-Met = zinc methionine; ZnO-NPs = zinc oxide nanoparticales; Zn-S = zinc sulphate.