Table 5.

Cecal microbial abundance at the OTU level in laying hens.

Estimators	BDG	CDG	p Value
ACE	478.37 ± 21.47	447.27 ± 28.03	0.4469
Chao	485.63 ± 18.98	455.06 ± 26.58	0.4131
Coverage	0.99699 ± 0.00	0.99652 ± 0.00	0.1806
Shannon	4.607 ± 0.15	4.3148 ± 0.13	0.2271
Simpson	0.032655 ± 0.01	0.037817 ± 0.01	0.6769
Sobs	448.67 ± 20.90	406.67 ± 29.10	0.3172

Note: This table presents the estimated microbial abundance within the cecal microbiome of laying hens in the BDG and CDG groups. The estimators used included ACE (abundant coverage estimator), Chao (Chao richness estimator), coverage (proportion of species observed), Shannon (Shannon diversity index), Simpson (Simpson’s diversity index), and Sobs (species observed). p > 0.05 indicates that the difference between groups was not significant.