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Table 3 The score criteria for clinical evaluation

From: In vivo antiviral effect of plant essential oils against avian infectious bronchitis virus

Inspection item

Clinical symptom

Score

Mental state

Lively and active, with bright eyes

0

Listlessness and eyes are sightless

2

Depression, fear of cold and cluster together

4

Feeding condition

Appetite is exuberant and food is snatched

0

Loss of appetite, leftovers

2

Lost appetite, hardly ate

4

Status of drinking water

Act leisurely and drink easily

0

Hardly drinking water

4

Head-shaking phenomenon or not

No head shaking

0

Mild head shaking

2

Frequent head shaking

4

Cough condition

No cough symptoms

0

Slight coughing

2

Frequent coughing

4

Rale in trachea or not

No tracheal rale

0

A slight rale in the trachea

2

Tracheal heavy-tone

4

Breath state

Normal breathing

0

Shortness of breath

2

Dyspnea, mouth breathing

4