Adding dandelion to rabbit diets: enhancing the growth performance and meat quality by altering immune competence and gut microbiota

ABSTRACT Healthy meat quality is an important guarantee for food safety. This study evaluated the addition of dandelion meal to the diet to investigate its effects on growth performance, carcass traits, antioxidant capacity, immune performance, and intestinal flora of Hycole meat rabbits. In the exp...

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Main Authors: Xiaohua Yi, Xiaoqin Tang, Yuan Sui, Zhanjun Ren, Xiuzhu Sun, Shuhui Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-08-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00646-25
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