Table 3.

ANOSIM analysis results comparing duodenum, cecum and feces and between the different feed efficiency groups.

Comparison	R	P-values
Duodenum Vs. Cecum	0.96	<0.01
Duodenum Vs. Feces	0.48	<0.01
Cecum Vs. Feces	0.78	<0.01
D_BFE Vs. D_PFE	0.18	<0.01
C_BFE Vs. C_PFE	0.35	<0.01
F_BFE Vs. F_PFE	0.03	0.28

“R” is the index of ANOSIM that indicates the similarity of comparison group pairs. “R” ranges from −1 to 1: the pairs are more similar when the R index is closer to 0 and the pairs are different from each other when the R index is close to 1.