Rumen microbiome structure and metabolites activity in dairy cows with clinical and subclinical mastitis

Table 2 Rumen microbial alpha diversity indices in cows with different udder health status

Items	Experimental treatments			SEM	P-value
Items	H (n = 20)	SM (n = 20)	CM (n = 20)	SEM	P-value
Shannon	5.65^a	5.39^b	5.44^b	0.04	0.021
Simpson	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.103
Ace	1836^a	1671^b	1729^b	22.3	0.011
Chao	1858^a	1683^b	1749^b	23.4	0.010

Abbreviations: H Healthy, SM Subclinical mastitis, CM Clinical mastitis, SEM Standard error of mean. ^{a, b} values within a row, different letters denote differences between treatment combinations (P < 0.05)

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