Table 3.

Comparison of the alpha diversity indices between the HC and LC groups (Mean ± SD).

Indices	Region	HC (n = 8)	LC (n = 8)	p-Value
Observed_species	Rumen	1502.37 ± 62.77	1603.25 ± 177.37	0.152
	Abomasum	1607.12 ± 105.13	1471.75 ± 142.00	0.048
	Jejunum	1629.25 ± 269.41	1678.12 ± 272.07	0.723
	Colon	1775.25 ± 323.41	1673.50 ± 314.31	0.534
	Cecum	1738.85 ± 316.67	1866.62 ± 174.17	0.342
Shannon	Rumen	7.83 ± 0.49	7.69 ± 0.33	0.532
	Abomasum	7.72 ± 0.48	7.27 ± 0.72	0.169
	Jejunum	6.81 ± 0.99	6.95 ± 1.05	0.787
	Colon	8.26 ± 0.83	8.36 ± 0.33	0.761
	Cecum	7.61 ± 2.03	8.28 ± 0.52	0.380
Simpson	Rumen	0.98 ± 0.16	0.98 ± 0.09	0.883
	Abomasum	0.97 ± 0.25	0.96 ± 0.25	0.581
	Jejunum	0.94 ± 0.40	0.96 ± 0.35	0.551
	Colon	0.97 ± 0.42	0.99 ± 0.04	0.336
	Cecum	0.92 ± 0.19	0.98 ± 0.07	0.307
Chao1	Rumen	1677.67 ± 102.15	1822.44 ± 202.62	0.093
	Abomasum	1818.53 ± 106.48	1725.10 ± 147.06	0.168
	Jejunum	1848.95 ± 305.37	2003.67 ± 363.87	0.373
	Colon	1921.01 ± 368.73	1827.71 ± 341.88	0.608
	Cecum	1898.19 ± 308.03	2154.06 ± 232.38	0.090
ACE	Rumen	1698.15 ± 74.93	1840.62 ± 196.68	0.076
	Abomasum	1847.20 ± 124.26	1724.50 ± 140.05	0.085
	Jejunum	1897.47 ± 315.26	2028.63 ± 349.36	0.444
	Colon	1962.28 ± 396.48	1853.83 ± 373.81	0.582
	Cecum	1941.96 ± 315.68	2147.38 ± 214.70	0.160
Goods_Coverage	Rumen	0.99 ± 0.00	0.99 ± 0.00	0.101
	Abomasum	0.99 ± 0.00	0.99 ± 0.00	0.776
	Jejunum	0.99 ± 0.00	0.99 ± 0.02	0.365
	Colon	0.99 ± 0.00	0.99 ± 0.02	0.675
	Cecum	0.99 ± 0.00	0.99 ± 0.00	0.016
PD_Whole_Tree	Rumen	81.80 ± 2.31	85.90 ± 6.42	0.111
	Abomasum	88.44 ± 3.48	83.25 ± 5.66	0.045
	Jejunum	89.29 ± 11.97	106.42 ± 39.23	0.257
	Colon	84.08 ± 15.27	79.06 ± 15.33	0.523
	Cecum	83.83 ± 13.37	88.49 ± 7.17	0.407

Note: HC: High Digestibility of Calcium group, LC: Low Digestibility of Calcium group.