Table 2 Microbial diversity indices of the faecal microbiota of uninfected and infected sheep
Diversity index | High-burden sheep | Low-burden sheep | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uninfected (mean ± SD) | Infected (mean ± SD) | p value | Uninfected (mean ± SD) | Infected (mean ± SD) | p value | |
Species richness | 2335.50 ± 42.33 | 2402.30 ± 79.56 | 0.12 | 2383.0 ± 30.10 | 2181.67 ± 159.25 | 0.06 |
Species evenness | 0.88 ± 0.01 | 0.89 ± 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.88 ± 0.01 | 0.86 ± 0.03 | 0.06 |
Chao1 | 3849.39 ± 101.84 | 4004.96 ± 197.77 | 0.06 | 3942.78 ± 74.1 | 3662.09 ± 227.41 | 0.12 |
Fisher’s alpha | 956.86 ± 26.76 | 1003.67 ± 53.13 | 0.12 | 990.12 ± 18.94 | 863.44 ± 97.55 | 0.06 |
Shannon | 6.83 ± 0.04 | 6.89 ± 0.08 | 0.12 | 6.86 ± 0.03 | 6.65 ± 0.26 | 0.06 |
Simpson | 0.997 ± 0.001 | 0.998 ± 0.001 | 0.06 | 0.997 ± 0.001 | 0.995 ± 0.004 | 0.06 |