Table 1.
Effects of high temperature on alpha diversity of the duodenal, jejunal, and ileal microbiota in ducks.
| Index | Duodenum (n = 6) |
Jejunum (n = 6) |
Ileum (n = 6) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Heat treatment | P value | Control | Heat treatment | P value | Control | Heat treatment | P value | |
| Chao1 | 550.44 ± 110.77 | 620.36 ± 98.96 | 0.276 | 643.18 ± 101.01 | 617.01 ± 137.12 | 0.714 | 480.91 ± 159.68 | 462.50 ± 109.16 | 0.820 |
| Observed species | 453.00 ± 120.97 | 555.50 ± 80.92 | 0.115 | 536.00 ± 95.18 | 541.67 ± 119.39 | 0.929 | 323.33 ± 128.91 | 283.67 ± 98.76 | 0.563 |
| Shannon | 4.83 ± 0.77 | 5.70 ± 0.85 | 0.094 | 4.98 ± 0.91 | 5.16 ± 1.55 | 0.814 | 3.70 ± 1.06 | 2.79 ± 0.94 | 0.148 |
| Simpson | 0.90 ± 0.05 | 0.91 ± 0.07 | 0.696 | 0.88 ± 0.08 | 0.86 ± 0.14 | 0.741 | 0.81 ± 0.13 | 0.69 ± 0.18 | 0.196 |