Table 9.

Effects of natural capsicum extract on α-diversity in the OTU level on intestinal microbiota in colon digesta of weaned pigs.

Item	CON	CTC	NCE	SEM	P-value
Sobs	469.50	454.50	449.50	30.93	0.89
Shannon	3.64	3.96	3.94	0.20	0.49
Simpson	0.09	0.05	0.06	0.02	0.25
Ace	525.92	510.71	513.79	32.31	0.94
Chao	538.19	517.23	519.85	32.70	0.89

OTU = operational taxonomic unit; CON = control; CTC = chlortetracycline; NCE = natural capsicum extract; SEM = standard error of the mean.