| Conventional cage | Furnished cage | Aviary | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Before inoculation | 4 weeks PI | Before inoculation | 4 weeks PI | Before inoculation | 4 weeks PI |
Number of reads | 51,863 | 21,714 | 42,885 | 42,520 | 51,715 | 40,410 |
Number of OTU/total number of OTU | 185/197 | 178/197 | 196/197 | 193/197 | 195/197 | 193/197 |
 | 93.9% | 90.4% | 99.5% | 98.0% | 99.0% | 98.0% |
Firmicutes/Bacteroides ratioa | 0.81 | 0.61 | 0.87 | 0.74 | 0.69 | 0.68 |