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Fig. 3 | Animal Microbiome

Fig. 3

From: Microbiome network traits in the rumen predict average daily gain in beef cattle under different backgrounding systems

Fig. 3

Rumen bacterial alpha diversity at weaning (T1), backgrounding (T2–T3), and finishing (T4–T5). a The number of different ASVs detected decreased significantly for calves moved to DL and CC BKG, but remained stable for calves on PP during this period. This number decreased again for all BKG groups at the finishing stage. b The patterns observed with the number of different ASVs as shown in (a) were replicated when measuring the Shannon index of diversity, which not only takes into account presence or absence of different ASVs, but also their abundance distribution. Dry lot (DL); cover crop (CC) and perennial pasture (PP). Asterisks show significant differences based on Kruskal–Wallis tests adjusted for multiple comparisons (**P < 0.001, ***P < 0.0001)

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