Table 3. Analysis of gut microbial alpha diversity in dogs after feeding diets with Hericium erinaceus.
| Alpha diversity | Group | Kruskal-Wallis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | HE - L | HE - H | p-value | |
| Observed features ± SD | 192.43 ± 39.22 | 195.43 ± 51.60 | 180.86 ± 34.10 | 0.566 |
| Shannon’s index ± SD | 5.64 ± 0.37 | 5.26 ± 0.66 | 5.37 ± 0.47 | 0.530 |
| Evenness ± SD | 0.75 ± 0.04 | 0.70 ± 0.07 | 0.72 ± 0.05 | 0.139 |
| Chao1 estimates ± SD | 192.60 ± 39.15 | 195.58 ± 51.63 | 181.13 ± 34.23 | 0.561 |
CON; group fed with a diet without Hericium erinaceus, HE-L; group fed with a diet of 0.4 g Hericium erinaceus, HE-H; group fed with a diet of 0.8 g Hericium erinaceus; n = 6 per group.