HOMEOSTASIS OF THE RABBITS UPON CADMIUM AND LEAD EXPOSURE
Heavy metals are among the most common and dangerous environmental pollutants. They pose a major threat to human and farm animal health. The article is devoted to the study of the effects of cadmium and lead in chronic intoxication of rabbits on their antioxidant system, biochemical parameters of blood, and the toxicokinetics of metals. Our findings suggested that the combined effect of cadmium and lead for 45 days activates the processes associated with the occurrence of oxidative stress, stimulates the active destruction of liver and kidney cells, causing their hypofunction, contributes to the pathologically high accumulation of cadmium and lead in the liver, kidneys and thighs.