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TABLE 5.

Relative abundance (%) of the overrepresented bacteria highlighted by LeFSe analysis (P ≤ 0.05 and LDA cutoff > 2.0) in feces during preweaning period in heifer calves born to cows offered a control diet (CON, n = 13) supplemented with ethyl-cellulose rumen-protected methionine (MET, n = 13; Mepron^® at 0.09% of diet DM; Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, Germany) compared with heifer calves born to cows offered a control diet (CON, n = 13) during the last 28 days of pregnancy.

Bacteria	CON	MET
Bifidobacterium	3.992^a	2.749^b
Bifidobacteriales	0.005^a	0.000^b
Prevotella	0.049^a	0.030^b
Ruminococcus	1.072^b	3.031^a
Dialister	0.000^b	0.005^a
Fusobacterium	19.822^b	25.958^a
Fusobacteriaceae	0.021^b	0.063^a
Fusobacteriales	0.058^b	0.068^a
Burkholderiales	0.044^a	0.035^b

^a,bDifferent letters indicate significant differences due to the main maternal effect (P < 0.05).