Table 5.
Effects of the experimental diets on ecological indices of the intestinal microbiota of weaned piglets 1.
| Diet | p-Value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W-SBM | W-RSM | R-SBM | R-RSM | SEM | CER | PM | CER * PM | |
| Jejunum 2 | ||||||||
| Richness | 42.3 | 72.8 | 37.2 | 38.9 | 5.1 | 0.047 | 0.098 | 0.138 |
| Shannon Index | 1.53 | 1.94 | 1.61 | 1.65 | 0.08 | 0.522 | 0.165 | 0.247 |
| Evenness | 0.420 | 0.475 | 0.448 | 0.462 | 0.011 | 0.781 | 0.223 | 0.475 |
| Colon ascendens | ||||||||
| Richness | 186 | 202 | 203 | 190 | 6 | 0.811 | 0.899 | 0.246 |
| Shannon Index | 3.46 | 3.65 | 3.69 | 3.88 | 0.06 | 0.055 | 0.112 | 0.957 |
| Evenness | 0.666 | 0.688 | 0.699 | 0.743 | 0.010 | 0.060 | 0.149 | 0.633 |
| Feces | ||||||||
| Richness | 159 | 177 | 192 | 182 | 6 | 0.163 | 0.748 | 0.286 |
| Shannon Index | 3.20 | 3.38 | 3.35 | 3.74 | 0.09 | 0.176 | 0.128 | 0.558 |
| Evenness | 0.633 | 0.652 | 0.639 | 0.720 | 0.023 | 0.213 | 0.096 | 0.300 |
W-SBM, wheat/soybean meal; W-RSM, wheat/rapeseed meal; R-SBM, rye/soybean meal; R-RSM, rye/rapeseed meal; SEM, standard error of the mean; CER, cereal; PM, protein meal. 1 Data are presented as means (n = 11); p-values indicate effects of the factors cereal (CER), protein meal (PM), and their interaction (CER * PM). 2 W-RSM: n = 10 (DNA-extract not amplifiable).