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Table 2 Differences in the fecal microbial diversity of the two groups

From: Evaluating the association between feed efficiency and the fecal microbiota of early-life Duroc pigs using 16S rRNA sequencing

Estimators	HRFI-mean ± SD	LRFI-mean ± SD	P-value^a
Sobs	549.22 ± 86.52	575.33 ± 59.45	0.47
Shannon	4.32 ± 0.67	4.48 ± 0.27	0.53
Simpson	0.06 ± 0.080	0.03 ± 0.010	0.30
Ace	637.15 ± 72.74	660.52 ± 61.97	0.47
Chao	644.95 ± 66.64	670.15 ± 67.06	0.44
Coverage	0.99 ± 0.00	0.99 ± 0.00	0.42
Shen	64.95 ± 8.58	62.50 ± 8.49	0.92
pd	45.48 ± 5.34	48.09 ± 3.99	0.26

The data were expressed as the mean values ± standard deviation (SD)
^aThe P values were determined using Welch’s t test (*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001)

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