| ADG | Average daily gain |
| ADMI | Average daily dry matter intake |
| F/G | Feed-to-gain ratio |
| DM | Dry matter |
| CP | Crude protein |
| NDF | Neutral detergent fiber |
| ADF | Acid detergent fiber |
| EE | Ether extract |
| AIA | Acid-insoluble ash |
| VFAs | Volatile fatty acids |
| NH3-N | Ammonia nitrogen |
| MCP | Microbial crude protein |
| A/P | Acetate-to-propionate ratio |
| BUN | Blood urea nitrogen |
| TP | Total protein |
| ALB | Albumin |
| GLU | Glucose |
| CAT | Catalase |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| GSH-Px | Glutathione peroxidase |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| TMR | Total mixed ration |
| PCoA | Principal coordinate analysis |
| LEfSe | Linear discriminant analysis effect size |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| NEmf | Net energy for maintenance and growth |
| ANCOVA | Analysis of covariance |
| BW | Body weight |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| OTUs | Operational taxonomic units |
| LDA | Linear discriminant analysis |