. 2023 Jan 27;14:1105330. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1105330

Table 2.

Alpha diversity indices of bacteria, anaerobic fungi, and archaea among different groups.

Items		PreW	DurW	PostW	SEM	P-value
Bacteria	Shannon	3.1^b	5.9^a	5.6^a	0.23	<0.01
	Ace	453.2^b	1840.6^a	1677.7^a	82.9	<0.01
	Chao	453.7^b	1853.3^a	1686.3^a	86.1	<0.01
	Sobs	343.4^b	1521.1^a	1375.2^a	69.6	<0.01
Anaerobic fungi	Shannon	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.09	0.97
	Ace	6.8^b	30.9^ab	18.0^ab	5.05	0.02
	Chao	7.5^b	29.2^a	17.6^ab	4.86	0.03
	Sobs	7.5^b	27.0^a	14.9^ab	4.68	0.04
Archaea	Shannon	0.9^b	1.3^a	1.2^ab	0.11	0.06
	Ace	23.4^b	26.6^b	46.1^a	5.96	0.03
	Chao	22.8^b	24.4^b	32.7^a	2.79	0.04
	Sobs	22.3	22.8	26.9	2.71	0.44

^a,bDifferent superscript letters within a row represents values with significantly different at P < 0.05. PreW, pre-weaning donkeys; DurW, during weaning donkeys; PostW, post-weaning donkeys; SEM, standard error of the mean.