ArticleAnimal bioscience2025
Effects of a multi-strain probiotic on productive traits, antioxidant defence, caecal microbiota and short‑chain fatty acid profile, and intestinal histomorphology in rabbits.
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- Dietary Coenzyme Q10 Supplementation Enhances Meat Quality, Nutritional Profile, and Antioxidant Status in Meat Rabbits.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Synbiotics are Better Than Probiotics and Prebiotics for Use as Nutrition in Growing Rabbits.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus acidophilus enhance growth performance, immunity, cecal microbiota, and vital organs histomorphology in rabbits.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Probiotics as antioxidant, antistress, and growth-enhancing agents in monogastric animals: a narrative review.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- Nutritional modulation of the gut-reproductive axis: multi-strain probiotic blend on oxidative and seminal parameters in healthy male dogs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Dietary probiotic supplementation withAnimal biotechnology · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis paper aimed to evaluate the effects of a multi-strain probiotic (MS-Prob) as natural feed additives on the productive performance, blood parameters, antioxidant defence, caecal short-chain fatty acid profile as well as the effectiveness on the intestinal morphology and on the equilibrium modification of caecal microbiota of growing rabbits.
methodsEighty-six-week-old Italian White rabbits were assigned into two dietary groups: the control group was fed without any additive, while the test group received a diet supplemented with a MS-Prob (Slab51) at a dosage of 250 mg/kg diet. The feeding trial lasted up to 12 weeks of age.
resultsRabbits MS-Prob diet had significantly higher daily and final body weight recording also the best of feed efficiency compared to control group. Rabbits in MS-Prob group showed improved slaughter weight and carcass dressing yield. No significant effect was found on meat protein, lipids and ash contents. Serum total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein and triglycerides decreased significantly in rabbits fed the test-diet. In rabbits fed MS-Prob, the activity of glutathione peroxidase, glutathione S-transferase, catalase and superoxide dismutase increased significantly, whereas the level of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance decreased significantly. Caecal pH, ammonia-N and total volatile fatty acids (VFAs) were not significantly influenced by dietary treatments. Conversely, VFAs molar proportions were statistically affected by diets, with higher acetic and butyric acid concentrations in caecum of rabbits fed MS-Prob. Feeding of MS-Prob reduced harmful bacterial growth (Escherichia coli, Bacillus spp., Clostridium spp.) while promoting beneficial bacteria (Lactobacillus spp., Bacteroides spp.). Moreover, MS-Prob positively influences rabbit gut histomorphology, showing higher villus height, villus width, and crypt depth.
conclusionThis study indicated that MS-Prob (Slab51) supplementation stimulated the performance of growing rabbits and positively affected blood serum parameters, intestinal morphology, and caecal environment and microbiota.
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