Effect of rifampicin in some blood characteristics in rabbits Oryctolagus Cuniculus

Abstract

The aim of this study was intend to study the effect of rifampicin in some blood characteristics (albumin, globulin, Hb, PCV, platelets count, WBCs count and differential WBCs count) in rabbits. Eight rabbits divided in to two groups, first group was used as treated group and we treated with rifampicin drug 15mg/kg /day for 35 days, while the second group treated with 15mg/ml/day normal saline for 35 days and used as a control group. The results showed that there were a significant decrease (p ≤ 0.05) in level of albumin in rifampicin treated group compared with control group, while there were no significant differences in all other blood characteristics.