Fig. 4
Diet affecting rumen microbial community. A The Shannon index of rumen microbiota on S28, S85, and F0 was affected by diet. The line inside the box denotes the median, and boxes denote the interquartile between the first and third quartiles (25th and 75th percentiles, respectively). The significances among sampling time points were labeled. B Principle coordination analysis (PCoA) of Bray-Curtis distances for microbiota on S28, S85, and F0. Each point represents one sample. C–F The boxplots of representative bacteria identified by LEfSe to display the microbial differences affected by diet. Cattle consumed different diet on d 0, 28, 85 (S0, S28, S85) during the stocker phase and on d 0 and 14, (F0 and F14) during the finishing stage