Table 5: Estimators of diversity in ileum and ceca of ducks according to experimental groups. 3

Alpha diversity parameters Group C
SP point
Group A
SP point
Group B
SP point
Group C
Eof point
Group A+
Eof point
Group A-
Eof point
Group B+
Eof point
Group
Eof point B-
Pvalue
Ileon
Observed 133±16a,b 167±26a 158±19a 75±6b 90±17a 77±10b 81±21b 70±2b ***
Chao1 162±18a,b 199±28a 192±22a 96±9b 114±30a,b 99±15b 93±21b 89±3b ***
Shannon 0,5±0,1a 1,3±07ab 0,7±0,3ab 1,8±0,1b 2,0±0,2b 1,8±0,1b 1,5±0,3b 1,8±0,1b ***
InvSimpson 1.2±0.1 5.5±4.3 1.4±0.2 3.9±0.3 5.1±0.9 4.1±0.6 3.3±0.8 3.6±0.4 N.S
Ceca
Observed 199±24 227±2 214±8 161±28 218±43 224±18 203±24 228±17 N.S
Chao1 223±24 246±6 232±8 209±30 255±41 266±21 234±21 269±17 N.S
Shannon 3,6±0,2a,b 4,1±0,1a 3,8±0,2a,c 2,1±0,5b 2,7±0,4a,b 2,7±0,3a,b 2,6±0,3b,c 2,9±0,3a,b ***
InvSimpson 17.2±2.7a,b 30.0±5.0a 27.0±6.7a 6.9±3.1b 7.8±2.3b 7.8±2.3b 7.4±2.0b 9.1±2.0b ***

3The values are expressed as means ± standard error of the mean (SEM). a, b, c, Means in the same row with unlike superscripts differ (P < 0.05).