Zearalenone Changes the Diversity and Composition of Caecum Microbiota in Weaned Rabbit

Table 1

Microbial diversity indices in different treatment groups.

groups	Shannon	Simpson	Chao1	ACE
control	0.9799±0.0086	8.79±0.34	1911.82±78.77	1938.26±96.64
400g/kg ZEA	0.9844±0.0124	9.17±0.40	2108.41±74.1	2120.73±88.6
800g/kg ZEA	0.9825±0.0056	8.83±0.17	2358.64±258.1	2440.92±280.9
1600g/kg ZEA	0.9850±0.0112	8.80±0.64	2537.89±393.0	2605.26±399.3

One-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post hoc test were employed to assess the significance of differences between the four groups. The ACE and Chao 1 indexes represent the community richness of the microbiota, and the Shannon and Simpson indexes represent the community diversity of the microbiota. < 0.05 vs. control group; < 0.01 vs. control group; < 0.05 vs. 400μg/kg ZEA.