EFFECTS OF A HIGH FAT DIET ON MALE NEW ZELAND RABBITS PROSTATE

FUNES, ABI KARENINA; FORNES MIGUEL; COLOMBO REGINA; SAEZ LANCELLOTI TANIA; BOARELLI PAOLA VANINA

Mar del Plata

Congreso; LXIII Reunión Annual de la Sociedad Argentina de Investigación Clínica SAIC ? SAI ? SAFIS.; 2018

The addition of fat to the normal diet of adult male rabbits leads to hypercholesterolemia (HC) with multi organ / systemic consequences and it is associated with seminal and spermatic changes. HC was related to decreased seminal volume and morphological and functional sperm disorders. The first could be attributed to changes in sexual glands physiology. The aim of this study was to analyze prostatic histology and quantify the content of prostatic acid phosphatase in seminal plasma of male rabbits under different diets and their testosterone levels. New Zealand White rabbits were fed commercial rabbit pellet (normocholesterolemic rabbits: NCR), plus 14% bovine grease (HCR) or 7% bovine grease plus OO (7%) (½HCR + ½OO). In HCR, prostate epithelium height and proprostate villi length significant decreased (p