younan, G., Ghazal, M., Barakat, S., Meshreky, S., Easa, F. (2025). EFFECT OF NANO-PARTICLE, METAL AND ORGANIC COPPER SOURCES ON SEMEN QUALITY, FERTILIZING CAPACITY AND LIVER FUNCTION IN RABBIT BUCKS. Egyptian Poultry Science Journal, (), -. doi: 10.21608/epsj.2025.21204.1070
George ezzate younan; Mervat Nabil Ghazal; Safaa Ataya Barakat; Samia zakria Meshreky; Fadila Easa. "EFFECT OF NANO-PARTICLE, METAL AND ORGANIC COPPER SOURCES ON SEMEN QUALITY, FERTILIZING CAPACITY AND LIVER FUNCTION IN RABBIT BUCKS". Egyptian Poultry Science Journal, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.21608/epsj.2025.21204.1070
younan, G., Ghazal, M., Barakat, S., Meshreky, S., Easa, F. (2025). 'EFFECT OF NANO-PARTICLE, METAL AND ORGANIC COPPER SOURCES ON SEMEN QUALITY, FERTILIZING CAPACITY AND LIVER FUNCTION IN RABBIT BUCKS', Egyptian Poultry Science Journal, (), pp. -. doi: 10.21608/epsj.2025.21204.1070
younan, G., Ghazal, M., Barakat, S., Meshreky, S., Easa, F. EFFECT OF NANO-PARTICLE, METAL AND ORGANIC COPPER SOURCES ON SEMEN QUALITY, FERTILIZING CAPACITY AND LIVER FUNCTION IN RABBIT BUCKS. Egyptian Poultry Science Journal, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.21608/epsj.2025.21204.1070
EFFECT OF NANO-PARTICLE, METAL AND ORGANIC COPPER SOURCES ON SEMEN QUALITY, FERTILIZING CAPACITY AND LIVER FUNCTION IN RABBIT BUCKS
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 19 May 2025
Rabbit department at Animal Production Research Institute (APRI)
Abstract
A total of 24 APRI line rabbit bucks having 2.65±0.11 kg live body weight at 20 weeks of age were used in this study, divided into four similar groups, 6 bucks in each. Bucks in the 1st group were fed diet without any supplements as control, while those in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th groups were fed the same diet supplemented with 50 mg nano-Cu (nano-Cu), 200 mg Cu sulfate (metal-Cu) or 200 mg Cu-Methionine (organic-Cu) per kg diet. Semen started collected weekly at 28 – 36 wks of age to evaluation. Results showed that bucks fed diet with nano-Cu had numerically higher (P