Preliminary Investigations on the Therapeutic Efficacy and Safety of Mixed Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria on Albino Rats Challenged with Shigella dysenteriae

Table 4

Physical assessment of albino rats after inducing Shigella dysenteriae without lactic acid bacteria treatment.

	Rectal temperature (°C)	Frequency of stool	Texture of stool	Feed consumed (g)	Inference
Positive control		More frequent	Light brown and semisolid		Diarrhea
Negative control		Normal	Brown and hard pellets		No diarrhea
Treatment 1		More frequent	Light brown and semisolid		Diarrhea
Treatment 2		More frequent	Light brown and semisolid		Diarrhea
Treatment 3		More frequent	Light brown and semisolid		Diarrhea