Dietary Vitamin E Supplementation: A Strategy to
Combat Arsenic Induced Toxicity in Teddy Bucks
Muhammad Zubair1,
Maqbool Ahmad1, Huma Jamil1 and Farrah Deeba2
1Department of Theriogenology;
2Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University
of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan;
*Corresponding author:drmaqbool_ahmad@yahoo.com
Abstract
The present study was designed to observe the
toxic effects of sodium arsenite on serum biochemical constituents and liver
parenchyma along with amelioration with vitamin E in teddy bucks. Adult sixteen
bucks were purchased from the market and divided into four groups with specific
treatments for 84 days; A (control), B (sodium arsenite 5mg/kg BW), C (Sodium
arsenite 5mg/kg BW +Vit E 200mg/kg BW) and D (Vit E 200mg/kg BW). The serum
biochemical parameters were evaluated fortnightly.Analysis of data revealed that there was significant P<0.05
rise in alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), glucose and total
cholesterol in arsenic treated animals. After slaughtering of animals, visceral
organs were observed for gross lesions and processed for histopathologically
studies.The major histopathological
changes were congestions, pyknosis and cytoplasmic vacuolation in liver.Supplementation of vitamin E along with sodium arsenite alleviated the
toxic effects on ALT, AST, glucose and total cholesterol level as well as
histopathology of liver. It was concluded from the present study that sodium
arsenite causes the toxicity in teddy bucks and vitamin E has the ameliorative
effects on these toxic effects of arsenic.