EFFECTT OF PHENYLHYDRAZINE ON ANEMIC INDUCTION IN RABBITS SND SHEEP
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Twenty rabbits and five sheep were subjected to phenylhydrazine hydrochloride by interaperitoneal injections with dose of 3.0 mg per kilogram of body weight. The sterile solukltion of 2.5 per cent (w v) phenlhydrazine hydrochloride was administered every two days for rabbits, and daily injection for sheep. It was observed that the hemoglobin concentration and hematocrit level caused by phonylhydrazine were approximately 63.2 and 66.5 per cent reduction after administrations for 18 days and 28 days in rabbits and sheep respectively. The erthropoietic activity in anemic palsma filtrate of the experimental animals was also assayed by radioisotope iron incorporatoion measurement. The hormonal activity of rabbits plasma was 0.19 Cobalt Unit per mg of protein while that of sheep’s plasma was 0.17 Cobalt Unit per mg of protein.