Table 1 Alpha diversity of gut microbiota per treatment group on d 14, 23 and 35 in study 1

Observed

1_LLL

833 (± 381)

813 (± 418)

692 (± 238)

532 (± 150)

517 (± 195)

782 (± 196)

1_LHL

777 (± 321)

1165 (± 248)

655 (± 171)

615 (± 164)

P

0.7

0.02

0.13

0.09

Shannon

1_LLL

3.29 (± 0.55)

3.57 (± 1.08)

3.24 (± 0.79)

2.87 (± 0.42)

2.73 (± 0.53)

3.60 (± 0.48)

1_LHL

3.41 (± 0.91)

3.62 (± 0.44)

3.33 (± 0.63)

3.39 (± 0.28)

P

0.82

0.24

0.13

0.48

Pielou’s evenness

1_LLL

0.49 (± 0.06)

0.54 (± 0.12)

0.50 (± 0.10)

0.46 (± 0.05)

0.44 (± 0.07)

0.54 (± 0.06)

1_LHL

0.51 (± 0.10)

0.51 (± 0.06)

0.51 (± 0.09)

0.53 (± 0.03)

P

0.82

0.48

0.13

0.94