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. 2021 Jul 24;7(3):829–840. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2021.03.008

Table 5.

Alpha diversity analysis of intestinal microbiota in broilers at 21 d of age (n = 5/group).

Item Treatments1
 SEM P-value
Control BSC10 Lac16
Observed species 795.00 767.00 855.40 58.98 0.61
Ace 1,118.18 1,081.81 1,175.26 72.68 0.71
Chao1 1,090.99 1,057.90 1,156.94 72.41 0.68
Simpson 0.93 0.96 0.98 0.02 0.51
1

Control: control group; BSC10: basal diet supplemented with Paenibacillus polymyxa 10 (1.0 × 108 CFU/kg feed); Lac16: basal diet supplemented with Lactobacillus plantarum 16 (1.0 × 108 CFU/kg feed).