Table 1 Relative abundance of the fecal microbiota phyla of three groups at suckling (d 4) and weaning (d 21) periods.

Bacteroidetes

45.98 ± 7.9

44.61 ± 10.1

46.33 ± 11.3

49.15 ± 9.6

46.83 ± 9.3

51.14 ± 3.1

0.61

0.12

0.69

Firmicutes

29.69 ± 6.0

29.23 ± 14.2

30.42 ± 4.4

42.42 ± 9.2

45.35 ± 9.5

40.59 ± 5.1

0.48

0.23

0.00

Fusobacteria

14.63 ± 7.4

15.35 ± 9.7

14.60 ± 12.3

0.99 ± 0.61

1.20 ± 0.95

0.74 ± 0.61

0.78

0.21

0.00

Proteobacteria

9.033 ± 5.3

9.169 ± 4.8

7.724 ± 4.5

4.101 ± 0.7

4.229 ± 1.8

3.341 ± 0.8

0.52

0.12

0.00

Actinobacteria

1.276 ± 1.0

0.489 ± 0.28

0.654 ± 0.27

0.31 ± 0.15^b

0.40 ± 0.31^ab

0.67 ± 0.37^a

0.13

0.02

0.15

Tenericutes

0.143 ± 0.21

0.269 ± 0.71

0.048 ± 0.02

1.080 ± 0.93

0.739 ± 0.63

0.469 ± 0.23

0.33

0.06

0.00

Planctomycetes

0.120 ± 0.22

0.012 ± 0.02

0.063 ± 0.003

0.517 ± 0.41

0.276 ± 0.21

0.406 ± 0.36

0.11

0.13

0.00

Lentisphaerae

0.042 ± 0.08

0.006 ± 0.01

0.007 ± 0.009

0.032 ± 0.02^b

0.086 ± 0.11^ab

0.216 ± 0.30^a

0.11

0.05

0.01

Deferribacteres

0.002 ± 0.004

0.0001 ± .0004

0.0002 ± .0001

0.072 ± 0.13

0.017 ± 0.02

0.032 ± 0.03

0.17

0.14

0.01

Elusimicrobia

0.004 ± 0.003

0.001 ± 0.001

0.007 ± 0.006

0.017 ± 0.01^b

0.009 ± 0.007^b

0.114 ± 0.176^a

0.14

0.03

0.03

Fibrobacteres

0.004 ± 0.004

0.002 ± 0.002

0.015 ± 0.0038

0.073 ± 0.069^a

0.016 ± 0.022^b

0.017 ± 0.023^b

0.22

0.01

0.00