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Table 7 Effects of dietary FD supplementation on alpha diversity of ileal microbiota in broilers

From: Effect of fermented dandelion on productive performance, meat quality, immune function, and intestinal microbiota of broiler chickens

Item	CON	LFD	HFD	SEM	P-value
21 d
observed_species	310^a	148^b	140^b	25.708	0.009
shannon	4.09^a	2.50^b	2.37^b	0.264	0.013
chao1	333.87^a	168.16^b	155.25^b	26.081	0.009
ace	338.67^a	174.71^b	162.77^b	25.865	0.009
42 d
observed_species	505	512	517	40.254	1.000
shannon	3.45	3.57	3.67	0.336	0.961
chao1	558.50	579.00	562.40	42.355	0.970
ace	567.80	595.40	574.30	42.377	0.970

CON Basal diet, LFD Basal diet + 500 mg/kg FD, HFD Basal diet + 1000 mg/kg FD, SEM Standard error of the mean
^a,bMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters differed significantly (P < 0.05)
^x,yMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters tended to be different (0.05 ≤ P < 0.10)

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