. 2023 Nov 20;14:1287899. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1287899

Table 4.

Effect of Lactobacillus plantarum supplementation on microbial α-diversity in ileum of layer chicks (14 days of age)¹.

Items²	Treatments			SEM	p-value
Items²	Control	LPS	LPM/LPS	SEM	p-value
Shannon	1.69	1.63	2.30	0.15	0.124
Simpson	0.39	0.39	0.23	0.04	0.090
ACE	383.53	308.26	359.07	20.63	0.238
Chao1	372.82^a	274.28^b	347.85^ab	20.63	0.049

¹Data are the mean of 7 replicates (1 chick each replicate).²LPS, Lipopolysaccharide; LPM, Lactobacillus plantarum in microencapsulation; LPM/LPS, LPM supplementation after LPS injection.