Efficacy of an Oral Solution Prepared from the Ultrasonic Extract of Radix dichroae roots against Eimeria tenella in Broiler Chickens

Table 1

Bloody diarrhoea and mortality in broiler chickens during days 4–7 after infection (n = 10).

Groups; Drug level (v/v,%)	Deaths	Mortality (%)	Postinfection days				Total bloody faecal	Bloody scores (median)
			4^th	5^th	6^th	7^th
Group HC; nontreated and noninfected; Healthy control (HC)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^a
Group IC nontreated and infected; Infected control (IC)	3	30	3.6	4.0	4.0	4.0	15.6	4^c
Group DC; 0.10% toltrazuril; Positive drug control (DC)	1	10	2.8	2.8	2.0	1.2	8.8	2^ba
Group A; 0.25% UERD oral solution	1	10	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.8	11.6	4^c
Group B; 0.50% UERD oral solution	0	0	2.4	2.0	2.0	1.0	7.4	0^a
Group C; 1.50% UERD oral solution	1	10	2.4	2.4	1.6	1.6	8.0	0^a
Group D; 2.50% UERD oral solution	0	0	2.4	2.0	1.6	1.6	7.6	0^a
Group E; 3.50% UERD oral solution	1	10	2.4	2.4	2.0	2.0	8.8	0^a
Group F; 5.00% UERD oral solution	1	10	2.8	2.8	2.4	2.4	10.4	2^ba

UERD: ultrasonic extract of Radix dichroae. Columns with different superscripts present significant differences ().