Table 1.

Effect of equine type on fecal microbial concentrations

Microbea	Donkey	Pony	Pony × Donkey	P value
Bacteria	52.4 ± 16.8	51.0 ± 11.9	59.7 ± 21.4	0.70
Archaea	2.27 ± 0.34	1.85 ± 0.75	2.08 ± 1.04	0.39
Anaerobic Fungi	1.17 ± 0.50	2.05 ± 1.22	1.78 ± 0.82	0.25

^aAverage values (n = 8) ± standard deviation are given for 16S (bacteria and archaea) and 5.8S (anaerobic fungi) rRNA gene copies expressed × 10⁸ gene copies per g fresh weight of feces