Table 8.

Alpha diversity indexes of cecal microbiota.

Items	CON	CHM	p-value
Chao 1	428.16 ± 48.69	307.68 ± 33.63	0.01
Shannon	4.85 ± 0.41	4.44 ± 0.28	0.11
Simpson	0.84 ± 0.06	0.87 ± 0.03	0.32
Goods_coverage	1.00	1.00	-
Pielou_e	0.55 ± 0.04	0.54 ± 0.03	0.45
Observed_otus	428.00 ± 48.56	307.60 ± 33.55	0.01

CON, control; CHM, Chinese herbal medicine.