Table 2.

P and F values associated with main effects of, and interactions between, caging, bedding, and diet on the cecal microbial richness and α-diversity following 13 weeks of housing. Mean values and standard deviation within each group are provided in Supplementary Table S12.

		OTU count		Chao1		Shannon		Simpson
		p val	F val	p val	F val	p val	F val	p val	F val
Main effects	Caging	0.002	9.96	0.009	7.10	<0.001	69.54	<0.001	32.40
	Bedding	0.002	10.19	<0.001	71.94	<0.001	24.06	0.070	3.35
	Diet	0.766	0.27	0.05	3.08	0.007	5.18	0.001	7.11
Interactions	Cage × Bed	<0.001	15.19	<0.001	89.47	<0.001	53.59	0.001	11.05
	Cage × Diet	0.021	4.01	0.003	6.25	0.715	0.34	0.012	4.56
	Bed × Diet	0.126	2.11	0.524	0.65	0.692	0.37	0.724	0.32
	C × B × D	0.554	0.59	0.464	0.77	0.041	3.28	0.075	2.65