Investigating the effects of peptide-based, MOS and protease feed additives on the growth performance and fecal microbial composition of weaned pigs

Table 4 Alpha diversity indices and coverage from three dietary treatments at Phase II and Phase III. Values are presented as means

Index	ConII¹	ConIII²	PmII³	PmIII⁴	PmPII⁵	PmPIII⁶
OTUs^#	364	509	401	447	438	464
Ace	638	849	622	659	658	692
Chao1	546	753	716	693	757	785
Shannon	4.13	4.66	4.32	4.38	4.39	4.37
Simpson	0.054	0.034	0.043	0.046	0.041	0.058
Coverage, %	97.2	96.0	96.8	96.5	96.5	96.4

^# Alpha index showing a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05) across all six groups based on the Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test
No statistically significant differences by pairwise comparisons
¹Control Phase II; ²Control Phase III; ³Peptiva + MOS Phase II; ⁴Peptiva + MOS Phase III; ⁵Peptiva + MOS + protease Phase II; ⁶Peptiva + MOS + protease Phase III

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