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A total of 144 40 d Ira rabbits (equally divided by sex), were randomly allocated to six treatments. with five groups receiving doses of 200, 400, 600, 800, and 1000 mg\/kg of EGCG, while one group served as a control without EGCG. Over 48 days, this study the assessed growth performance, antioxidant capacity, immune system, intestinal morphology, and cecal microbiota in the rabbits. The results showed that EGCG did not affect growth performance; however, significant linear and quadratic correlations were observed between the MDA, T-AOC, and GSH-Px activities in the liver and jejunum (p &lt; 0.05). Quadratic effects were observed for the spleen and thymus indexes and serum IgG levels with increasing EGCG dosages (p &lt; 0.05). Additionally, positive linear and quadratic effects were found on the ileal villus height and the villus height\/crypt depth ratio. The relative abundances of Euryarchaeota, Patescibacteria, and Synergistota were significantly enriched in rabbits fed with high dosages (600\u20131000 mg\/kg) of EGCG. 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