TABLE 4.

Effects of the starter feeding on richness and diversity index of ruminal microbiota in yak calves.

Items	Treatment		SEM	P-value
	RA	RAS
OTUs	1457.25 ± 94.49	1265.00 ± 120.69	50.78	0.046
Good’s coverage	0.99 ± 0.001	0.99 ± 0.001	0.01	0.557
ACE value	1619.81 ± 162.03	1404.46 ± 132.99	63.33	0.086
Chao 1 value	1596.47 ± 143.09	1385.30 ± 136.44	60.72	0.077
Shannon indices	7.50 ± 0.29	7.18 ± 0.89	0.21	0.468
Simpson indices	0.97 ± 0.01	0.96 ± 0.03	0.01	0.468