Table 6.

Comparison of alpha-diversity indexes in the rumen and feces of yaks and cattle-yaks

Items	Groups		SEM	P-value
	YAK	CAY
Rumen
Observed species	1277.80	1355.80	41.892	0.430
Chao1	1540.92	1591.96	45.259	0.638
ACE	1538.92	1600.44	44.785	0.565
Shannon	6.02	6.17	0.090	0.497
Feces
Observed species	897.80	996.60	22.190	0.014
Chao1	1175.18	1284.89	33.613	0.104
ACE	1220.33	1303.95	31.887	0.207
Shannon	5.38	5.74	0.101	0.069

SEM standard error of mean, YAK yaks (n = 5), CAY cattle-yaks (n = 5)