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. 2021 Jun 19;8(2):256–265. doi: 10.5455/javar.2021.h510

Table 7. Impact of phytochemicals extract supplementations on relative organs weights, apoptosis of germ cells and health indices of rabbit males (n = 5 males per each group).

Item Control Turmeric (mg per kg diet) Garlic extract (mg per kg diet) p-value
30 60 90 50 75 100
Relative testicular weight/kg BW (%) 0.263 ± 0.011 0.287 ± 0.020 0.296 ± 0.015 0.278 ± 0.022 0.294 ± 0.016 0.287 ± 0.0145 0.309 ± 0.012 0.5670
Testicular length (cm) 2.38 ± 0.01 2.39 ± 0.02 2.41 ± 0.01 2.35 ± 0.03 2.39 ± 0.01 2.37 ± 0.02 2.42 ± 0.01 0.8224
Testicular width (cm) 1.25 ± 0.02 1.27 ± 0.01 1.24 ± 0.03 1.25 ± 0.02 1.27 ± 0.01 1.25 ± 0.03 1.28 ± 0.01 0.8057
Testicular thickness (cm) 0.87 ± 0.03 0.90 ± 0.02 0.92 ± 0.01 0.89 ± 0.02 0.90 ± 0.02 0.89 ± 0.01 0.92 ± 0.01 0.3758
Relative epididymal weight/kg BW (%) 0.094c ± 0.003 0.103 b ± 0.001 0.107ab ± 0.002 0.102b ± 0.002 0.106 ± 0.0004 0.105ab ± 0.0011 0.111a ± 0.0015 <0.0001
Germ cell apoptotic/seminiferous tubule (n) 49.20a ± 1.38 32.0b ± 1.25 31.6 b ± 1.45 36.80b ± 157 30.2b ± 1.33 31.60b ± 1.47 29.80b ± 1.60 <0.0001
Hepato-somatic index 2.66 ± 0.06 2.64 ± 0.09 2.65 ± 0.06 2.648 ± 0.07 2.677 ± 0.08 2.684 ± 0.06 2.681 ± 0.11 0.9995
Renal-somatic index 0.69 ± 0.04 0.68 ± 0.05 0.67 ± 0.06 0.67 ± 0.04 0.724 ± 0.08 0.689 ± 0.041 0.699 ± 0.04 0.9969
Spleen-somatic index 0.055 ± 0.001 0.057 ± 0.00 0.059 ± 0.002 0.057 ± 0.008 0.057 ± 0.001 0.058 ± 0.002 0.059 ± 0.001 0.3604
Relative weight of abdominal fat/kg (%) 2.63a ± 0.09 2.20b ± 0.09 2.07b ± 0.11 2.21bc ± 0.05 2.15bc ± 0.04 2.11bc ± 0.05 1.95c ± 0.06 <0.0001
a,b,c

Means in the same row without common superscript differ significantly (p < 0.05).