TABLE 1.

α-diversity indices by treatment groups and days of life.

Day of life	Parenteral toltrazuril	Oral toltrazuril	Control	SEM	Treatment effect
A – Species richness
1	156	152	98	30.66	0.352
3	132	123	120	12.19	0.759
5	173	178	183	12.23	0.840
11	263a	237a	158b	18.72	<0.001
15	305	301	250	32.71	0.443
31	445	429	486	32.47	0.468
34	464	418	438	23.91	0.385
38	428	471	452	26.80	0.514
B – Simpson index
1	0.744	0.702	0.814	0.0636	0.470
3	0.879	0.878	0.870	0.0188	0.933
5	0.920	0.930	0.929	0.0152	0.858
11	0.968a	0.966a	0.912b	0.0089	<0.001
15	0.965	0.943	0.960	0.0116	0.362
31	0.984	0.984	0.984	0.0015	0.916
34	0.985	0.982	0.986	0.0014	0.214
38	0.986	0.984	0.985	0.0015	0.642
C – Shannon index
1	2.45	2.40	2.59	0.281	0.887
3	3.03	3.00	2.90	0.166	0.846
5	3.52	3.59	3.63	0.164	0.887
11	4.26a	4.24a	3.36b	0.133	<0.001
15	4.23	4.10	4.18	0.154	0.835
31	5.05	4.96	5.02	0.083	0.732
34	5.09	4.98	5.11	0.065	0.351
38	5.08	5.14	5.12	0.073	0.815

Different superscript letters mark significant differences at P < 0.05. SEM: standard error of the mean. Bold numbers indicate statistically significant values (P ≤ 0.05).