Table 12.
Effect of the fermented feed on cecal microbial alpha diversity in broilers
| Items | Treatments1) | SEM | p-value | |||||
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| BF | 10% DFF | 15% DFF | 20% DFF | 25% DFF | 10% WFF | |||
| ACE | 4,481.98 | 4,826.40 | 4,347.21 | 4,709.64 | 4,737.21 | 4,854.52 | 160.29 | 0.941 |
| Chao 1 | 3,081.73 | 3,338.83 | 2,959.54 | 3,253.63 | 3,275.95 | 3,392.54 | 101.24 | 0.838 |
| Shannon | 4.26 | 4.37 | 4.1 | 4.35 | 4.65 | 4.38 | 0.07 | 0.277 |
| Simpson | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.395 |
| Coverage | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.01 | 0.175 |
SEM, standard error of the mean; ACE, the ACE estimator (http://www.mothur.org/wiki/Ace); Chao 1, the Chao 1 estimator (http://www.mothur.org/wiki/Chao).
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BF, basal diet; DFF, dried fermented feed; WFF, wet fermented feed.
Data within a column with no letter superscripts mean no significant difference (p>0.05).