Table 1.
Differences in the duration of fertility and alpha diversity in the cecal microbiome of HSST and LSST groups.
| Parameters | LSST | HSST | SEM | P value2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration of fertility (DF)1 | 6.40 | 20.50 | 0.48 | 0.001*** |
| Alpha diversity index | ||||
| Sequence reads | 34,612.00 | 36,479.20 | 1,272.18 | 0.279 |
| Observed OTUs | 2326.62 | 2655.90 | 189.03 | 0.212 |
| ACE | 618.79 | 722.26 | 44.85 | 0.143 |
| Chao1 | 611.12 | 707.56 | 44.13 | 0.164 |
| Shannon | 4.47 | 4.86 | 0.25 | 0.324 |
| Simpson | 0.827 | 0.843 | 0.03 | 0.762 |
All data were expressed as the mean ± SEM.
Abbreviations: HSST, high activity of sperm storage tubules; LSST, low activity of sperm storage tubules.
1
DF is the number of days between insemination and the last fertile egg (hens, n = 400 at 60 wk of age), number of artificial insemination (AI, n = 3).
2
The P values were determined using Welch's t test (***P < 0.001). HSST high activity of SST with long duration of fertility and LSST low activity of SST short duration of fertility (sequences sample, n = 8 for HSST and n = 10 for LSST).