TABLE 3.
Effect of inulin supplementation on alpha diversity of milk microorganisms in cows with subclinical mastitisa
| Item | Data for groups (n = 8)b |
SEM | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Con | I-1 | I-2 | I-3 | I-4 | |||
| Sobs | 829 A | 725 B | 667 BC | 630 C | 699 B | 24.1 | 0.046 |
| Shannon | 4.80 A | 4.26 A | 3.38 B | 3.54 B | 3.74 B | 0.176 | 0.042 |
| Simpson | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.020 | 0.299 |
| ACE | 848 A | 768 B | 771 B | 661 C | 794 B | 37.6 | 0.045 |
| Chao | 855 A | 778 B | 761 B | 667 C | 795 B | 37.6 | 0.041 |
| Coverage | 0.999 | 0.998 | 0.996 | 0.998 | 0.996 | 0.0003 | 0.603 |
a
Con, control group; I-1, inulin-1 group (the inulin addition level was 100 g/day per cow); I-2, inulin-2 group (the inulin addition level was 200 g/day per cow); I-3, inulin-1 group (the inulin addition level was 300 g/day per cow); I-4, inulin-1 group (the inulin addition level was 400 g/day per cow); SEM, standard error of the mean.
b
Different uppercase letters in a group represent significantly different values (P < 0.05).