Fig. 6

Correlation between fecal taxa abundance and weight gain during weaning. a Heatmap illustrating the correlation between microbial abundance and weight gain at three time points. The color gradient in the heatmap represents the correlation coefficient between microbial abundance and weight gain. The asterisks (*) on the heatmap cells indicate a significant P-value < 0.05 (*) or < 0.01(**). b Relative abundance of microbial taxa positively correlated with weight gain during weaning across three time points. c Boxplot illustrating the relative abundance of Ruminococcus species significantly positively correlated with weight gain during the weaning period at three different time points. The correlation coefficient (Cor) indicates the strength of the correlation. Asterisks (*) denote statistical significance with a P-value < 0.01 (**) indicating a highly significant correlation