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Table 2 α diversity indicators of rumen bacteria of dairy cow showing feed tossing behavior or no signs of abnormal behavior

From: Feed tossing behaviour of Holstein cows: evaluation of physiological stress state and rumen fermentation function

Items

Experimental treatmentsa

SEMb

P-value

FT

CON

Shannon

5.157

5.5033

0.613883

0.3075

Simpson

0.029636

0.019324

144.7131

0.4274

Acec

1253.7

1383.2

46.79285

0.162

Chao1

1262.3

1397.1

158.1484

0.1405

Good’s Coverage

0.98931

0.98785

0.000311

0.1041

  1. aFT Feed tossing cows, CONNormal cows with no abnormal oral behavior
  2. bSEM, Standard error of the mean
  3. cACE, Abundance-based coverage estimator