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Influence of chestnut tannins on welfare , carcass characteristics , meat quality , and lipid oxidation in rabbits under high ambient temperature . A study was conducted to evaluate the influence of chestnut tannins ( CT ) on welfare , carcass characteristics , meat quality , and lipid oxidation in rabbits under high ambient temperature . Rabbits in one group were raised at 20°C and fed with basal diet ( N ) and other three groups ( 33°C ) were fed basal diet with 0 ( C ) , 5 ( CT5 ) , and 10 g ( CT10 ) of CT/kg of diet . Compared with the C group , rabbits in CT10 had higher pH ( 24 ) and lower cooking loss and thiobarbituric acid reacting substance values at 0 , 30 , and 60 min of forced oxidation . Rabbits in C group had higher cortisol levels , creatine kinase activities , white blood cell counts , neutrophil percentage , neutrophil : lymphocyte ratio and lower T ( 3 ) , T ( 4 ) levels , lymphocyte percentage than N and CT10 groups . Supplementation of CT seemed to have a positive effect on growth performance , welfare , and meat quality of rabbits under high ambient temperature .
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Intervention_Pharmacological
chestnut tannins
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rabbits under high ambient temperature .