Table 6.

Observations (Mortality, illness sign, food intake, water intake, and body weight) in control and TRHC-PAG-alginate microspheres treated group.

Parameters to Observe	Control Group	Treated Group
Mortality	Nil	Nil
Sign of illness	Nil	Nil
Food intake (g)
Pre-treatment	2.8 ± 1.4	2.4 ± 1.2
Day 1	2.9 ± 1.6	2.7 ± 1.4
Day 3	3.2 ± 1.4	3.0 ± 1.6
Day 7	3.8 ± 1.0	3.6 ± 1.2
Day 10	4.0 ± 1.4	3.8 ± 1.4
Day 14	4.4 ± 1.2	4.2 ± 1.6
Water intake (mL)
Pre-treatment	6.8 ± 1.4	6.4 ± 1.0
Day 1	7.4 ± 1.2	7.2 ± 1.4
Day 3	8.2 ± 1.6	7.8 ± 1.6
Day 7	10.2 ± 0.9	10.4 ± 1.2
Day 10	10.6 ± 2.0	10.9 ± 1.8
Day 14	12.2 ± 1.0	12.6 ± 0.9
Bodyweight (g)
Pre-treatment	22.5 ± 1.4	22.8 ± 1.2
Day 1	23.8 ± 1.2	24.2 ± 1.4
Day 3	24.5 ± 1.6	24.9 ± 1.2
Day 7	27.5 ± 1.2	27.9 ± 1.6
Day 10	29.8 ± 1.4	30.2 ± 1.2
Day 14	31.5 ± 1.6	31.8 ± 1.4