Table 6.

Effect of MSP on the community diversity (Alpha diversity) of fecal bacterial community of calves

Items	Dietary treatments1)				SEM	p-value
	0MSP	2MSP	4MSP	6MSP		All	Linear	Quad
Shannon	7.53	7.44	7.94	7.67	0.14	0.601	0.956	0.736
Chao1	2,154.22	2,313.33	2,661.79	2,506.75	113.46	0.408	0.481	0.491
Pielou-e	0.69	0.68	0.71	0.70	0.01	0.687	0.866	0.916
Observed species	1,967.70	2,025.04	2,360.86	2,186.93	96.68	0.451	0.700	0.543
Goods coverage	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.00	0.251	0.239	0.391

MSP, multi-strain probiotic; SEM, standard error of the mean.

¹⁾0MSP, 2MSP, 4MSP, 6MSP: a basal diet with 0, 2, 4, and 6 g MSP per calf per day, respectively.