Fig.3From: The 16S rDNA high-throughput sequencing correlation analysis of milk and gut microbial communities in mastitis Holstein cowsAlpha diversity estimates of the bacterial communities A-D: Box plots of bacterial alpha diversity assessed by Shannon index, Simpson index, Chao index, and Ace index. Different numbers in the graph indicate different α-diversity indices and p-values between groups. The three lines from bottom to top are: first quartile, median and third quartile. Outliers are represented by Outliers are represented by “.”Back to article page