Effect of using Pimpinella Anisum Oil, Vitamin E and Selenium on Physiological Performance of New Zealand White Rabbits

This study was conducted to find out the effect of the using of anise seed oil, vitamin E andselenium in some physiological traits of male New Zealand white rabbits. Twenty males wereused in this study at the age of six months; the animals were randomly divided into four groupscontain five rabbits in each group, where the first group was represented by a control withoutany treatment. The second group was dosed with rabbits (200 mg anise seed oil / rabbit/ day),the third group was dosed with rabbits (400 mg anise seed oil / rabbit/ day) and the fourth groupwas dosed with rabbits (vitamin E 250 mg/ kg + selenium 0.3 mg/ day) kg/ per day). The resultsof the statistical analysis of the third group showed a more superiority (p≤0.05) in the total redand white corpuscular count, hemoglobin and the volume of blood cells collected compared firstand second months of the experiment. About total platelets count, the superiority of the thirdgroup was limited to the first month only. While the second and fourth treatment recorded highsignificance (P≤0.05) in the total red and white corpuscular count, hemoglobin and the volumeof blood cells collected compared to the first treatment in the counting rates of these parametersfor the first and second months of the experiment.