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Table 9 Effect of BLJ on cecal microbiota α-diversity of the broiler chickens subjected to NE challenge

From: Dietary encapsulated essential oils and organic acids mixture improves gut health in broiler chickens challenged with necrotic enteritis

Items

NE1

Simpson

Chao 1

ACE

Shannon

BLJ, mg/kg

 0

–

0.91

1747.37

1807.71

6.51

 0

+

0.93

1625.39

1656.49

6.92

 500

–

0.91

1725.20

1830.70

6.70

 500

+

0.95

1728.87

1856.10

7.19

 SEM2

 

0.01

49.89

55.50

0.14

Main effect

 0

 

0.92

1686.38

1732.10

6.72

 500

 

0.93

1727.03

1847.90

6.95

 Non-challenged

 

0.91

1736.08

1819.20

6.61

 Challenged

 

0.94

1677.13

1760.80

7.05

P-value3

 BLJ

 

0.723

0.702

0.320

0.402

 Challenge

 

0.179

0.579

0.613

0.113

 Challenge×BLJ

 

0.679

0.556

0.423

0.878

  1. 1NE Co-challenged with Eimeria spp. and Clostridium perfringens; −, without NE challenge; +, with NE challenge
  2. 2SEM standard error of the mean
  3. 3P-values represent the main effect of the diet, the main effect of the NE challenge, and the interaction between the dietary treatments and NE challenge