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Table 1 Alpha diversity of mucosa-associated microbiota in the jejunum of nursery pigs fed diets supplemented with Saccharomyces yeast postbiotic

From: Saccharomyces yeast postbiotics mitigate mucosal damages from F18+ Escherichia coli challenges by positively balancing the mucosal microbiota in the jejunum of young pigs

Item

Treatmenta

P value

NC

PC

SYP

SEM

NC versus PC

PC versus SYP

Chao1

46.6

49.3

41.6

2.9

0.375

0.018

Shannon

1.57

1.75

1.75

0.20

0.530

0.991

Simpson

0.64

0.68

0.70

0.07

0.673

0.546

  1. PC, NC + challenged with F18+ E. coli; SYP, NC + Saccharomyces yeast postbiotics (175 g/ton of feed) + challenged with F18+ E. coli
  2. aNC, basal diet (no supplementation)