Table 3.

Alpha diversity indexes of the gut microbiota in heat stress rats

Time point	Group	Chao1	PD_whole_tree	Shannon
3 h	HS	4316.25 ± 43.14	103.96 ± 0.49	7.27 ± 0.15*
	Control	5973.33 ± 264.48	131.50 ± 3.31	8.13 ± 0.11
1 day	HS	7984.30 ± 263.59	148.32 ± 5.11	8.07 ± 0.04
	Control	7003.53 ± 244.73	148.32 ± 5.08	7.67 ± 0.06
3 days	HS	6343.86 ± 229.98*	146.34 ± 2.49	8.04 ± 0.02
	Control	8101.88 ± 335.32	163.49 ± 2.50	8.41 ± 0.06
7 days	HS	4604.57 ± 215.91*	103.60 ± 3.22*	7.67 ± 0.07
	Control	6197.48 ± 192.84	134.86 ± 2.02	7.88 ± 0.05

*Represents p < 0.05 and **represents p < 0.01 compared to the control group