TABLE 2.

Effects of heat stress on alpha diversity of jejunal microbiota in yellow-feathered broilers (n = 5).

Items	NT group	HS group	p-value
Simpson	0.85 ± 0.43	0.88 ± 0.03	0.568
Chao 1	523.07 ± 38.30	552.37 ± 59.17	0.688
ACE	544.31 ± 41.30	573.16 ± 60.74	0.705
Shannon	4.71 ± 0.41	5.00 ± 0.32	0.594

NT, normal treatment group, the broilers reared at 21.3 ± 1.2 C throughout the experimental period; HS, the broilers reared at 32.5 ± 1.4 C for 8 h/day (9:00 am to 17:00 pm); Chao1, Chao1 richness estimator; ACE, abundance-based coverage estimators.