The Protective Role Of Goat Milk In Protection Of Digestive Tract Of Rabbits Treated With Amoxicillin – Clavulanic Acid

Abstract

This work was carried out during a period from 12- 3- 2011 to 29 -4- 2011 to study the protective role of raw goat milk in protection of digestive tract for rabbits treated with amoxi-clavulanic acid .A total of 32 female local breed rabbits aged ( 2-3 ) months with 1706.25 gm initial weight were used in this work, distributed randomly into 4 groups (8 rabbits) per each:-control group( C ) fed based diet without any addition . -First treatment ( antibiotic group ) (T1 ) fed the same based diet + 5 mg ⁄ kg b.w.x 2 amoxi-clavulanic acid for one weak .-Second treatment (antibiotic + goat milk group ) ( T2 ) fed the based diet + 5 mg ⁄ kg b.w.x 2 amoxi-clavulanic acid + 5ml x 2 raw goat milk for one weak . -Third treatment ( goat milk group ) ( T3 ) Fed the same based diet + 5ml x 2 raw goat milk for one weak.The results of gross and histological study for digestive tract for ( T1, T2 ) showed that there was gastric ulcer beside signs of infection in small intestine and large intestine resulted from increasing activity of pathogenic microbes in intestine culture as compared to utilize microbes due to using antibiotic in comparison with control group and third treatment group , while second treatment group don't appear pathological changes as compared with first treatment group .Key word : goat milk , amoxicillin- clavulanic acid