Effects of feeding drunken horse grass infected with Epichloë gansuensis endophyte on animal performance, clinical symptoms and physiological parameters in sheep

Table 2 Effects of ingested Achatherum inebrians on clinical symptoms of sheep

Group¹	Ratio² (%)	Duration (d)	Clinical symptoms
E+	100	Day 1–35	Flagging spirit and bowed-down heads; unsteady gait; unresponsive and anorexia.
	100	Day 1–21; 22–35; 1-35th	Body weight fell sharply during week 1 to 3; and declined gradually thereafter.
	100	Day 1–21; 22–35; 1-35th	Body temperature rose.
	100	Day 1–14	Heart beat faster at first, but gradually became steady.
	20	At the day 35	By the Day 35, one sheep pupils dilated, neck stiff, limb tics, nasal mucosal bleeding, difficulty breathing, and was dead in about three hours.
E-	100	Day 1–35	Normal and free of all clinical symptoms
E-	100	Day 1–7	Initially weight declined slightly, and then returned to normal.
Control	100	All 35 days	The physical indicators were normal.

¹E+ = drunken horse grass, Epichloë endophyte-infected; E- = drunken horse grass, endophyte-free
²The ratio refers to the animal number of clinical symptoms to total observed objects in the group during the trial period

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