Table 1 Effect of dietary E. faecium on pyrosequencing data and microbiota α-diversity indices in cecal feces of broiler chickens challenged with NE (d 26, 7 DPI).

From: Pretreatment with probiotic Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 11181 ameliorates necrotic enteritis-induced intestinal barrier injury in broiler chickens

Groups

Chao 1

Observed Species (ACE)

PD-Whole Tree

Shannon

Simpson

NC

183.97

159.50

10.72

3.64

0.81

NT

204.80

181.33

11.23

4.12

0.82

PC

199.06

174.83

11.18

3.48

0.74

PT

189.47

171.00

11.41

3.67

0.78

P- Values

0.62

0.68

0.75

0.49

0.37

  1. NC, neither NE infection nor E. faecium in the feed; NT, no NE infection but with E. faecium in the feed; PC, with NE infection but without E. faecium in the feed; PT, NE infection and E. faecium in the feed.
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