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α-diversity	Gut segments	Treatments^a				SEM^b	P value
Observed OTUs	Ileum	32.14	32.86	32.13	34.14	1.490	0.97
	Cecum	100.50	89.17	92.75	110.29	4.952	0.82
Chao1	Ileum	33.29	37.75	38.14	34.60	1.854	0.79
	Cecum	100.14	93.63	94.57	110.13	6.200	0.78
Shannon	Ileum	4.38	4.50	4.39	4.73	0.079	0.43
	Cecum	6.27	6.28	6.03	6.12	0.071	0.82
Simpson	Ileum	0.94	0.94	0.94	0.95	0.003	0.39
	Cecum	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.001	0.91

α-diversity	Gut segments	Treatments^a				SEM^b	P value
Observed OTUs	Ileum	32.14	32.86	32.13	34.14	1.490	0.97
	Cecum	100.50	89.17	92.75	110.29	4.952	0.82
Chao1	Ileum	33.29	37.75	38.14	34.60	1.854	0.79
	Cecum	100.14	93.63	94.57	110.13	6.200	0.78
Shannon	Ileum	4.38	4.50	4.39	4.73	0.079	0.43
	Cecum	6.27	6.28	6.03	6.12	0.071	0.82
Simpson	Ileum	0.94	0.94	0.94	0.95	0.003	0.39
	Cecum	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.001	0.91

Table 5.

Summary of alpha-diversity measurements of microbiota in ileum and caecum of broilers treated with avilamycin premix or cinnamaldehyde

α-diversity	Gut segments	Treatments^a				SEM^b	P value
		NC	PC	EOL	EOH
Observed OTUs	Ileum	32.14	32.86	32.13	34.14	1.490	0.97
	Cecum	100.50	89.17	92.75	110.29	4.952	0.82
Chao1	Ileum	33.29	37.75	38.14	34.60	1.854	0.79
	Cecum	100.14	93.63	94.57	110.13	6.200	0.78
Shannon	Ileum	4.38	4.50	4.39	4.73	0.079	0.43
	Cecum	6.27	6.28	6.03	6.12	0.071	0.82
Simpson	Ileum	0.94	0.94	0.94	0.95	0.003	0.39
	Cecum	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.001	0.91

α-diversity	Gut segments	Treatments^a				SEM^b	P value
		NC	PC	EOL	EOH
Observed OTUs	Ileum	32.14	32.86	32.13	34.14	1.490	0.97
	Cecum	100.50	89.17	92.75	110.29	4.952	0.82
Chao1	Ileum	33.29	37.75	38.14	34.60	1.854	0.79
	Cecum	100.14	93.63	94.57	110.13	6.200	0.78
Shannon	Ileum	4.38	4.50	4.39	4.73	0.079	0.43
	Cecum	6.27	6.28	6.03	6.12	0.071	0.82
Simpson	Ileum	0.94	0.94	0.94	0.95	0.003	0.39
	Cecum	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.001	0.91

^aNC, negative control, birds fed with basal diet; PC, positive control, birds fed with 30 mg/kg avilamycin premix; EOL, birds fed 50 mg/kg encapsulated cinnamaldehyde; EOH, birds fed 100 mg/kg encapsulated cinnamaldehyde.

^bSEM, standard error of the mean.

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