. 2022 Dec 1;13:1063578. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1063578

TABLE 1.

Effects of Clostridium perfringens and/or Eimeria challenge on alpha diversity indices of ileal microbiota in yellow-feather broilers.

Items	Control	C. Per	Cocc	Comb	SEM	P
Shannon	3.56^a	2.98^a ^b	2.41^b	2.39^b	0.293	0.026
Simpson	0.79	0.72	0.64	0.65	0.059	0.28
Chao1	171.9^a	115.1^a ^b	100.2^b	81.6^b	14.52	0.0018
Pielou	0.48	0.44	0.37	0.38	0.039	0.16
Dominance	0.21	0.27	0.36	0.35	0.059	0.28

C. Per, C. perfringens challenge; Cocc, Eimeria challenge; Comb, C. perfringens and Eimeria challenge. Within a row, means without a common superscript (a, b) differ (P < 0.05).