Table-2.

Clinical signs and postmortem examination in Clostridium perfringens challenged groups.

	Number of examined birds	Mortality rate	Symptoms						Gross lesions
			Diarrhea	Unable movement	Sudden death	Reduction in body gain	Emaciation	Intestinal lesion (along small intestine duodenum jejunum ileum) also lesion include cecum					Liver lesion
								Distention with gases	Enteritis	Yellow necrotic membrane	Unabsorbed and undigested feed	Hemorrhage	Congestion	Multiple yellow necrotic foci
21 day (7 days P.I)
G1−ve	20	2/20	N	N	D	NBW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
G2+ve	20	7/20	Slight	One	D	RBW	N	D	D	N	N	N	N	N
G3 Oil	20	1/20	N	N	D	NBW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
G4 microemulsion	20	2/20	N	N	D	NBW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
28 day (14 days P.I)
G1−ve	13	0/13	N	N	0%	NBW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
G2+ve	8	4/8	Diarrhea	One	D	RBW	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
G3 oil	14	1/14	N	N	D	NBW	N	2/5	2/5	N	N	N	N	N
G4 microemulsion	12	0/13	N	N	D	NBW	N	2/5	2/5	N	N	N	N	N
35 day(28 days P.I)
G1−ve	8	3/8	N	N	D	NBW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
G2+ve	2	0/2	Diarrhea	One	0%	RBW	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
G3 oil	9	0/9	N	N	0%	NBW	N	0/5	0/5	N	N	N	N	N
G4 microemulsion	8	0/8	N	N	0%	NBW	N	0/5	0/5	N	N	N	N	N

D=Detected, N=Not detected, NBW=Normal body weight, RBW=Reduction body weight, P.I.= Post infection