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← Nature & AnimalsWhich consequence results when antibiotics disrupt gut microbiomes in rabbits less than three months old?
A)Enhanced fiber digestion and cecotrophy
B)Increased resistance to bacterial infections
C)Lethal intestinal bacterial overgrowth occurs✓
D)Enhanced vitamin synthesis by gut bacteria
💡 Explanation
Antibiotics disrupt gut microbiomes, creating conditions for *dysbiosis* because depletion of beneficial bacteria is common causing an overgrowth of pathogens such as *Clostridium*, therefore lethal enterotoxemia results in young rabbits rather than increased fiber digestion.
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