Table 3.
Main study: Effects of plant extract treatment on clinical outcome of infected animals at 8 days post infection
| Parameters | Groups | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive control | Negative control | Antibiotic | A. officinalis | C. latifolia | T. vulgaris | Z. jujuba | |
| Mortality | 1/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 3/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
| Body weight | 23.36 ± 0.620 | 26.83 ± 0.29 | 25.18 ± 1.05 | 25.93 ± 0.95 | 24.65 ± 0.78 | 25.96 ± 0.85 | 25.92 ± 1.20 |
| Re-isolation at day 8 post infection | |||||||
| Throat | 6/6 | 0/6 | 3/6 | 3/3 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 6/6 |
| Lung | 6/6 | 0/6 | 3/6 | 3/3 | 6/6 | 5/6 | 6/6 |
| Heart | 6/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 3/3 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
| Joint | 6/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/3 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 |
| Blood | 6/6 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 3/3 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 5/6 |