Table 1.

The alpha diversity index (calculated at a depth of 10,200 sequences) of bacterial communities from goats fed at a completed feed (CF) or all forage (AF) diet (mean±SD, n = 12)

Groups	Shannon	ChaoI	The observed-species
AF	6.98±0.66	3,324.00±1,653.29	1,244.17±395.87
CF	7.23±0.69	3,755.36±1,107.96	1,322.00±334.69
p value	0.55	0.61	0.72