Integrated rumen microbiome and serum metabolome analysis responses to feed type that contribution to meat quality in lambs

Table 2 Diversity indices of ruminal microbiome of lambs between grass and concentrate groups

Items	G	C	SEM	P value
NO. of operational taxonomic units (OTUs)	1193	1161	35.98	0.6826
Chao1 index	1198.29	1165.45	36.30	0.6725
Shannon index	7.95	8.31	0.16	0.2804
Simpson index	0.98	0.98	< 0.01	0.5490
Good’s coverage index (%)	99.94	99.93	0.01	0.5321

G, grass group; C, concentrate group. Means with unlike letters within a row differ at P < 0.05; SEM, standard error of the mean

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