Sodium nitrate has no detrimental effect on milk fatty acid profile and rumen bacterial population in water buffaloes

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Table 6 Effects of sodium nitrate on alpha index of microbial diversity in water buffaloes

	Alpha index	Sodium nitrate g/kg/d				SE	P
	Alpha index	0	0.11	0.22	0.44	SE	P
Bacteria	Good’s coverage	0.9916	0.9929	0.9939	0.9908	0.008	0.582
	Chao1	903.45	864.04	902.73	929.36	15.82	0.602
	Shannon index	5.01	5.05	4.94	5.04	0.0625	0.939
	Simpson	0.0231	0.0166	0.0231	0.0280	0.0031	0.698
	Ace	894.84	858.48	894.67	927.81	15.56	0.166
Archaea	Good’s coverage	0.9989	0.9987	0.9986	0.9982	0.0001	0.145
	Chao1	113.03^a	244.47^b	208.92^b	245.08^b	18.43	0.006
	Shannon index	1.0045^a	2.2233^b	2.1112^b	1.6401^ab	0.1779	0.027
	Simpson	0.5515	0.3083	0.3052	0.4880	0.0458	0.108
	Ace	136.01^a	243.57^b	208.93^b	245.11^b	15.79	0.015