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Fig. 5 | Animal Microbiome

Fig. 5

From: Timing and delivery route effects of cecal microbiome transplants on Salmonella Typhimurium infections in chickens: potential for in-hatchery delivery of microbial interventions

Fig. 5

Alpha diversity measures comparing route effects on microbiome richness. Alpha diversity was measured using Observed and Shannon measures at a sequencing depth of 7000. A At 7dph the CMT transplant groups have comparable numbers of observed species and richness and are closer to the donor material than the PBS groups, but the donor material still has more species and greater richness than all the experiment groups. B–D From 3 to 14-dpi the alpha diversity of the CMT groups compared to the PBS groups does not have as distinct differences as in the timing experiment. Species richness between the groups is comparable and up to 14-dpi is significantly lower than that of the donor material. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001 as determined by Wilcoxon non-parametric test

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Animal Microbiome

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