Figure 3. The effects of pre- and post-weaning feeding of Diet A or Diet B on faecal microbial diversity in kittens (Felis catus).

The rarefaction curves based on the Chao1 diversity index (at 97% sequence identity cut-off) indicate that faecal bacterial communities of kittens fed Diet B (A-B and B-B; n = 10) were more diverse than those fed Diet A (A-A and B-A, n = 10). Pre-weaning diet did not have an effect on community diversity in the kitten. Data are reported as means ± SEM.