Table 3.

Comparing microbial communities between treatments and gastrointestinal region in the rumen, cecum and colon.

β-Diversity
Treatment			GIT Region	F-value	P-value
	F-value	P-value
Rumen	1.04	0.37	Rumen vs. Cecum	21.44	0.001
Cecum	1.30	0.16	Rumen vs. Colon	21.15	0.001
Colon	1.28	0.12	Cecum vs. Colon	0.82	0.700

P-values obtained using PERMANOVA analysis based on Bray Curtis similarity matrices.