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Eighty weaned rabbits (initial body weight: 625.00\u00a0\u00b1\u00a026.46\u00a0g) were randomly allocated into four dietary groups of 20 rabbits each until 90\u00a0days of age. Dietary groups were as follows: C (basal diet with no supplementation), <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CP<\/jats:styled-content>1 (basal diet\u00a0+\u00a02.5% carob pods), <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CP<\/jats:styled-content>2 (basal diet\u00a0+\u00a05% carob pods) and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CP<\/jats:styled-content>3 (basal diet\u00a0+\u00a010% carob pods). Rabbits given the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CP<\/jats:styled-content>2 diet had significantly higher daily and final body weights compared with the other experimental groups. The increase in inclusion rate of carob pods significantly decreased feed intake, whereas carob pods at 5% in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CP<\/jats:styled-content>2 group recorded the best value of feed conversion ratio. Rabbits in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CP<\/jats:styled-content>3 group showed the worst slaughter weight and carcass dressing percentage weight. No significant effect was found on meat protein and ash contents. Cholesterol, low\u2010density lipoprotein, high\u2010density lipoprotein and triglycerides decreased significantly (p\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05) in rabbits treated with carob pods compared with the control. Because of high content of the antioxidant compounds in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CP<\/jats:styled-content>2 and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CP<\/jats:styled-content>3 groups, the activities of glutathione peroxidase, glutathione S\u2010transferase, catalase and superoxide dismutase increased, whereas the concentration of thiobarbituric acid\u2010reactive substance decreased significantly. Rabbits given the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CP<\/jats:styled-content>2 diet had a significantly higher volatile fatty acid concentration and a lower <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">pH<\/jats:styled-content> in content of the caecum compared to the other groups. The data of microbial analysis for C group showed a significant increase in <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Clostridium<\/jats:italic> counts. <jats:italic>Lactobacillus<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Bacillus<\/jats:italic> counts increased significantly more in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CP<\/jats:styled-content>2 and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CP<\/jats:styled-content>3 groups than in the other groups. In conclusion, 5% of carob pods in the diet stimulated the performance of growing rabbits, and thus, it has potential as an unconventional feed resource for rabbits without any adverse effects.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/jpn.12651","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,30]],"date-time":"2017-01-30T08:50:44Z","timestamp":1485766244000},"page":"1307-1315","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Carob pods (<i>Ceratonia siliqua<\/i> L.) improve growth performance, antioxidant status and caecal characteristics in growing rabbits"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"101","author":[{"given":"S. H.","family":"Abu Hafsa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Livestock Research Department Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications New Borg El\u2010Arab Alexandria Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S. 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