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Table 5 Effects of Kudzu-leaf flavonoids supplement on α- diversity of cecal contents bacterial communities

From: Growth performances, gastrointestinal epithelium and bacteria responses of Yellow-feathered chickens to kudzu-leaf flavonoids supplement

Items	CON	KLF	AGP	SEM	P-value
Shannon	5.88^a	5.81^a	5.30^b	0.09	0.005
Simpson	0.93	0.94	0.92	0.001	0.074
Ace	877.1	912.7	742.7	37.7	0.152
Chao1	875.7	920.6	753.5	37.0	0.164
Observed_species	742.5	752.3	613.7	30.6	0.114

KLF kudzu-leaf flavonoids supplement treatment; AGP the antibiotic supplement (Aureomycin) treatments; SEM standard error of the mean; CON control treatment
^a,bWithin a row with different letters differed significantly (P < 0.05)

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