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This research investigated whether Pro supplementation reduces intestinal inflammation in weaned rabbits, and whether this effect involves the maintenance of the intestinal mucosal barrier and the composition of gut microbiota. A total of thirty weaned New Zealand White rabbits were randomly divided into five groups: a control group, an LPS-challenged model group, and three LPS-challenged groups receiving 0.5%, 1% or 2% Pro in their drinking water. Following the overall results of the study, 1% Pro was chosen for further investigation. Notably, 1% Pro supplementation significantly decreased the spleen index, alleviated colonic histopathological injury, enhanced the expression of the tight junction proteins Occludin and Zonula Occludens-1 (ZO-1), restored the population of goblet cells, decreased the colonic mRNA levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL1B and IL6, and increased the expression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL10. Microbiome analysis revealed that Pro supplementation was associated with alterations in the dysbiotic gut ecosystem, including increased relative abundances of potentially beneficial genera such as Ruminococcus, Christensenellaceae_R-7_group, and Lachnospiraceae_NK4B4_group, and decreased the relative abundance of opportunistic pathogens like Escherichia\u2013Shigella. 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