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From: Delayed access to feed early post-hatch affects the development and maturation of gastrointestinal tract microbiota in broiler chickens

Fig. 4

Effect of delay in feed access for the first 48 h post-hatch on alpha diversity indices (a) number of amplicon sequence variants (ASV), (b) Shannon index, (c) Richness and (d) Evenness in cecal mucosal bacterial population from day 1 (24 h) through day 14 (336 h) post-hatch. When the interaction between time and treatment was significant, only significant (P < 0.05) differences between fed (F) and not fed (NF) group are shown as indicated by asterisk

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