Table 1.

Dissimilarities in the swine gut microbiome at different growth stages and meconium (d 0) revealed by analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) based on Bray-Curtis distances

Group 1	Group 2	Sample size	R value	p value	q value
Finishing	Growing	134	0.554	0.001	0.001
Finishing	Lactation	102	0.974	0.001	0.001
Finishing	Meconium	85	0.903	0.001	0.001
Finishing	Nursery	150	0.829	0.001	0.001
Growing	Lactation	102	0.991	0.001	0.001
Growing	Meconium	85	0.989	0.001	0.001
Growing	Nursery	150	0.425	0.001	0.001
Lactation	Meconium	53	0.905	0.001	0.001
Lactation	Nursery	118	0.981	0.001	0.001
Meconium	Nursery	101	0.995	0.001	0.001