Table 8 The effect of dietary treatment on measures of alpha diversity in ileal and colonic digesta (least square means with their standard errors).

From: Organic acid-preserved grain improves growth and gut health in weanling pigs fed zinc oxide free diets

 

Treatment*

SEM

P value

Grain preservation method

Dried

OA-preserved

Dried

OA-preserved

Grain

ZnO

Grain x ZnO

Zinc Oxide supplementation

No

No

Yes

Yes

Ileum

Observed

53.29

48.33

52.00

50.29

3.039

0.267

0.926

0.578

Fisher

8.30

7.41

8.07

7.75

0.554

0.272

0.926

0.596

Shannon

3.39

3.34

3.36

3.35

0.084

0.711

0.860

0.843

Simpson

0.95

0.95

0.94

0.95

0.009

0.810

0.649

0.743

Colon

Observed

54.43

47.71

58.14

50.71

3.644

0.064

0.366

0.923

Fisher

8.52

7.33

9.20

7.84

0.657

0.064

0.375

0.897

Shannon

3.51

3.25

3.59

3.38

0.084

0.011

0.238

0.778

Simpson

0.96

0.94

0.96

0.95

0.006

0.023

0.109

0.458

  1. * A total of seven replicates were used per treatment group.
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