Gut microbial diversity among Yorkshire, Landrace and Duroc boars and its impact on semen quality

AMB Express

Table 1 Summary statistics of different breeds in this study

Group	Age composition (number)	Effective reads	OTUs	ACE	Shannon	Coverage (%)
Duroc	N(1), F(6), T(1)	77,672	798	720.6677\(\pm\)5.2038^a	6.8936\(\pm\)0.1610	99.91
Landrace	N(1), F(7), T(1)	77,002	800	722.7039\(\pm\)5.5286^b	7.0103\(\pm\)0.1686	99.91
Yorkshire	N(6), F(1), T(2)	77,959	810	743.7708\(\pm\)8.0854^a,b	7.1458\(\pm\)0.1423	99.92

Note: N, F and T represent ages of nine, fifteen and twenty months respectively. The same letters in the superscript indicated a significant difference between the two groups (p < 0.05)