Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 9 Effect of C. butyricum (CB) supplementation on alpha diversity of microbial community in colonic content of piglets challenged with LPS^a

From: Effects of dietary Clostridium butyricum supplementation on growth performance, intestinal development, and immune response of weaned piglets challenged with lipopolysaccharide

Items	–LPS		+LPS		SEM	P-value
Items	CON	CB	CON	CB	SEM	CB	CON	CB × LPS
Observed-species	731.67	801.00	751.17	801.50	15.849	0.074	0.756	0.767
Shannon	6.888	7.145	6.828	7.134	0.125	0.274	0.889	0.924
Simpson	0.976	0.980	0.966	0.980	0.004	0.307	0.519	0.556
Chao1	822.53	853.28	803.84	857.06	16.771	0.225	0.826	0.741
ACE	809.26	868.06	809.00	865.86	16.099	0.088	0.97	0.976
Goods-coverage	0.998	0.998	0.988	0.998	0.000	0.329	0.329	0.329

^aCON, piglets fed the basal diet; CB, piglets fed the basal diet supplemented with 0.4% C. butyricum preparation; −LPS, piglets not challenged with LPS; +LPS, piglets challenged with LPS

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