Table 3. A comparison of α-diversity between ileal and cecal samples.

Items	Observed species	Shannon	Simpson	Chao1	ACE
Ileum	300.75	2.90	0.67	370.16	370.56
Cecum	306.75	5.14	0.91	360.17	355.30
SEM	6.097	0.209	0.027	8.398	7.944
P value	0.629	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.559	0.343