INFLUENCE OF CHROMIUM CHLORIDE ON THE CLINICAL INDICATORS OF THE RABBIT ORGANISM

Abstract

The article presents the results of the study of the influence of different amounts of
chromium chloride on the clinical parameters of the rabbit's body. Experiments on
rabbits of the gray giant breed were carried out in the summer period in the rabbit
farm of the village Demnya of the Mykolaiv district, Lviv region. Rabbits are kept in
cages according to the method of I. M. Mykhaylov with free access to feed and water.
The animals of the experimental groups received chromium chloride supplements with
compound feed in the following quantities: 1st experimental – 50 μg Cr(III)/kg
compound feed, II experimental – 100 μg Cr(III)/kg compound feed, III experimental –
150 μg Cr(III)/kg compound feed. In the preparatory period - on the 90th day and in
the experimental period - on the 118th, 139th and 174th days of life, the clinical
parameters of the rabbits' body were determined. Studies have established the most
pronounced influence of smaller (50 and 100 μg Cr(III)/kg compound feed) amounts of
chromium chloride on parameters of temperature, pulse and breathing in rabbits of the
I and II experimentals groups. Correlational changes were noted between the studied
parameters of the rabbits' body, which was more marked in the animals of the I and II
experimentals groups compared to the control.