Fig. 1From: Dietary supplementation of laminarin improves the reproductive performance of sows and the growth of suckling pigletsDiversity and richness of bacterial communities. A and B Alpha diversity metrics. Shannon (A) and Chao (B) indexes for fecal microbiota of sows. C Plot of principal coordinate analysis. A shorter distance between the sample points denotes greater similarity of the bacteria (n = 8 for each group)Back to article page