Microbiome

Table 2 Effect of ASP on intestinal flora alpha diversity in diarrhea calves

From: Arula-7 powder improves diarrhea and intestinal epithelial tight junction function associated with its regulation of intestinal flora in calves infected with pathogenic Escherichia coli O₁

Items	NC	MC	0.50 mg/kg CIP	2.50 g/kg ASP
Cecal content
Chao1	172.35^a	128.42^c	138.05^bc	160.30^ab
Shannon	4.00^a	3.29^c	3.61^b	2.54^d
Colonic content
Chao1	223.34^a	141.61^b	193.50^a	132.30^b
Shannon	3.67^a	3.40^a	3.87^a	3.47^a
Rectal feces
Chao1	136.18^bc	211.61^ab	115.63^c	231.52^a
Shannon	3.71^ab	2.83^b	2.84^b	4.0^a

^a,b,cMeans bearing different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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