Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

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

¹NE Co-challenged with Eimeria spp. and Clostridium perfringens; −, without NE challenge; +, with NE challenge
²SEM standard error of the mean
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

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