“…On the other hand, rabbits transport most of the cholesterol in LDL, as do humans, making it a more suitable model for cardiovascular research [14]. Furthermore, the rabbit has a larger blood volume (∼56 mL/kg BW) [15,] thereby making it more suitable for repeated blood sampling and research on extracorporeal devices (e.g., hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis) [16,17]. To the best of our knowledge, only a limited number of studies implemented 5/6 subtotal nephrectomy to induce CKD in rabbits [18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27].…”