Table 2. Microbial analysis from ileal and ascending colon contents of 21d old piglets fed formula (FORM), formula supplemented with GOS and PDX (F+GP) or sow-reared (SOW) as determined by 16S amplicon sequencing.
| Diets | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORM | F+GP | SOW | GLM ANOVA | ||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p-value | |
| Ileum | |||||||
| Total Sequences | 9597 | 2331 | 7973 | 1823 | 5154 | 2029 | ND 2 |
| OTUs 1 (97%) | 667 a | 157 | 660 a | 150 | 851 b | 146 | 0.01 |
| Chao1 (97%) | 1266 a | 265 | 1322 a | 263 | 1647 b | 300 | 0.025 |
| Ascending Colon | |||||||
| Total Sequences | 5067 | 1529 | 4674 | 912 | 3457 | 1293 | ND 2 |
| OTUs 1 (97%) | 892 | 80 | 902 | 95 | 868 | 153 | > 0.05 |
| Chao1 (97%) | 1680 | 190 | 1686 | 176 | 1757 | 240 | > 0.05 |
1 OTU and Chao1 normalized to 3118 sequences per sample.
2 ND = not determined.
a b values within the row with the same letters are not different.