Title: Toxicological Influence of Crude Oil Contaminated Water on Some Reproductive Hormones of Adult Rabbits Does In Niger Delta, Nigeria
Abstract: The study examined toxicological influence of crude oil contaminated water on some reproductive hormones of adult rabbits does. Forty (40) adult fertile (does) were randomly assigned to four treatment groups of ten does, designated A, B, C and D respectively in a complete randomized experimental design (CRD). The treatment groups were allocated to four graded levels of crude oil contaminated water as follows: Treatment A (control)- 0.00mls crude oil contaminated water, B - O.O1% crude oil contaminated water, C-O.02% crude oil contaminated water, D-O.03% crude oil contaminated water. From the result, Luteinizing Hormone was significantly affected by the crude oil contaminated water. Treatment A, (0.7) was significantly (P 0.05) by the treatments amongst the groups. Follicle Stimulating Hormones was negatively affected by the treatment groups (P 0.05) affected by the crude oil contaminated water between the treatment groups. But there was slight progressive numerical increase from Treatment groups A (0.65) to C (1.65). The least and the highest values are in treatments groups A (0.65) and C (1.65) respectively. The effect on estrogen, progressively decreased (P < 0.05) as the treatment increased amongst the groups. It was therefore concluded that crude oil contaminated water impair reproductive hormonal function of rabbits.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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