Table 3 Alpha diversity indices of rectal bacterial communities in weaned piglets

Item

NC

PC

CB

P-value

OTUs

293.00 ± 45.53^b

292.67 ± 49.22^b

386.00 ± 18.08^a

0.046

Coverage, %

99.85 ± 0.02

99.82 ± 0.04

99.84 ± 0.02

0.523

Shannon

3.69 ± 0.33

3.70 ± 0.30

4.19 ± 0.13

0.107

ACE

318.21 ± 42.67^b

323.38 ± 53.71^b

408.63 ± 19.60^a

0.062

Chao

321.21 ± 38.30^b

332.74 ± 59.09^ab

409.18 ± 22.09^a

0.087