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TABLE 5.

Species richness and alpha‐diversity indexes of the bacterial community (at 97% similarity level)

Item	Groups ^a		SEM	p‐Value
Item	SS	MS	SEM	p‐Value
OTU	1,617.83	1,632.33	15.51	.66
ACE	1,707.47	1,718.16	12.07	.68
Chao1	1,736.53	1,733.78	11.63	.91
Simpson	0.008	0.006	0.001	.10
Shannon	6.03	6.21	0.01	.04
Coverage, %	99.50	99.49	0.02	.80

^{^a}

SS group: TMR with 40% single corn silage, MS group: TMR with various silage (27% corn silage, 10% alfalfa silage and 15% oat silage).