Table 3 Beta diversity analysis with different distance measures determining microbiota interindividual diversity in the broiler ceca

n

R^{2 a}

P^b

R²

P

R²

P

R²

P

Dietary treatment

24

0.348

< 0.001

0.281

< 0.001

0.413

< 0.001

0.516

< 0.001

Effect of cereal type

Wheat vs. Maize

24

0.205

< 0.001

0.162

< 0.001

0.350

< 0.001

0.476

< 0.001

Effect of enzyme supplementation

(Control vs. Enzyme; stratified per cereal type)

Wheat (WC vs. WE)

12

0.276

0.012

0.204

0.014

0.083

0.585

0.064

0.729

Maize (MC vs. ME)

12

0.054

0.765

0.067

0.741

0.115

0.163

0.095

0.351