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Fig. 4 | Animal Microbiome

Fig. 4

From: Composition and co-occurrence patterns of the microbiota of different niches of the bovine mammary gland: potential associations with mastitis susceptibility, udder inflammation, and teat-end hyperkeratosis

Fig. 4

Relationships of hub OTUs with biodiversity metrics of mammary gland and udder health parameters. Spearman’s correlation coefficient was used to explore the relationships between the relative abundances of a) teat canal, and b) milk hub OTUs and community richness (Chao1 index of richness), α-diversity (Shannon’s and Simpson’s indices of diversity), β-diversity (Bray-Curtis dissimilarities and weighted UniFrac distances of microbial communities) metrics as well as udder health parameters including teat end hyperkeratosis scores and somatic cell counts (SCC) of the milk samples. “*” Indicates p-value < 0.05. The color ramp and the size of the squares indicate the type and strength of the Spearman’s correlation coefficient (rho): rho =1 showing strong positive correlation and rho = − 1 showing strong negative correlation between the two parameters

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Animal Microbiome

ISSN: 2524-4671