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