Table 5.

Statistical significance for alpha and beta diversity analysis of microbiota of broilers.¹

Item		Alpha diversity		Beta diversity
		Observed OTU	Shannon index	Unweighted UniFrac	Bray Curtis
Overall P-value		0.857	0.589	0.430	0.702
Group 1	Group 2	P-value	P-value	P-value	P-value
9% Ca type	Control	0.855	0.465	0.636	0.391
9% Ca type	9% Prime	0.855	0.361	0.243	0.639
Control	9% Prime	0.470	0.631	0.444	0.805

¹Statistical analyses were performed using the Kruskal-Wallis test for alpha diversity and pairwise PERMANOVA for beta diversity analyses.