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From: Hindgut microbiota profiling and functional prediction of sheep (Ovis aries) fed with different dietary calcium levels

Fig. 9

Differential abundance of bacterial species in fecal samples of Yunnan Semi-Fine Wool rams fed diets with different calcium levels: Q_1 (0.53%), Q_3 (0.74%), and Q_5 (0.98%). Boxplots display log2 transformed relative abundances of species showing significant differences among groups (Kruskal–Wallis test, FDR-corrected p < 0.05). Notable taxa include SCFA-producing Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and Roseburia spp. (enriched in Q_5), mucin-degrading Bacteroides uniformis (enriched in Q_3), and lipid-metabolizing Eubacterium coprostanoligenes (enriched in Q_1), indicating functional microbial shifts in response to dietary calcium levels.

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