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Treatmentsa
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|
Item
|
NC
|
PC
|
CB
|
P-value
|
|
OTUs
|
293.00 ± 45.53b
|
292.67 ± 49.22b
|
386.00 ± 18.08a
|
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 ± 42.67b
|
323.38 ± 53.71b
|
408.63 ± 19.60a
|
0.062
|
|
Chao
|
321.21 ± 38.30b
|
332.74 ± 59.09ab
|
409.18 ± 22.09a
|
0.087
|
- a Piglets were fed different diets. NC, negative control, control diet; PC, positive control, control diet + 0.1 g/kg antibiotic (colistin sulphate); CB, control diet + 5 × 108 CFU/kg of C. butyricum. Values are represented as mean ± SD (n = 3), and the variant letter in the same row indicated significant difference when P < 0.05
