FIG 1.

Variations in the Shannon diversity indices of the offspring microbiota in feces at 130 days of age (A) and in the Simpson diversity indices of offspring ileal microbiota as a result of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in sows and/or dietary supplementation with inulin in offspring for 42 days postweaning (B). Data are from 32 pigs (at the sow treatment level, n = 16 for the control [CON] group and n = 16 for the FMT procedure [FMTp] group; at the offspring treatment level, n = 16 for the CON group and n = 16 for the inulin [INU] treatment group). * indicates significant differences at the sow × offspring treatment level (P ≤ 0.05), φ indicates a sow treatment effect (P ≤ 0.05), and λ indicates an offspring treatment effect (P ≤ 0.05).