Table 1 Scoring standard for the clinical signs and gastrointestinal gross lesions.

From: Gut microbiota profiling with differential tolerance against the reduced dietary fibre level in rabbit

Clinical signs

Gross lesions

Score

Description

Score

Description

0

No any clinical sign

0

No any gross lesion

1

Disturbance of food intake or unshaped stools

1

Abnormal liquid content or gas observed in stomach and in limited segments of small intestine

2

Light diarrhea or abdominal swelling

2

Abnormal liquid content or gas widely observed in small and large intestines

3

Acute diarrhoea, constipation or presence of mucus in excreta

3

Abnormal liquid contents or gas observed in whole digestive tract and presence of mucus in colon