DAI score
Twenty-four hours after the C. rodentium model was established,
mice in the control colitis group manifested lethargy, sluggishness,
appetite loss, rough hair, diarrhoea, bloody stools or faecal occult
blood (+∼++), and weight loss. These symptoms were most evident 3 days
after the start of modelling. All the symptoms of mice of the TS+CR
group were less severe than those observed in the CR group and were
significantly different on days 1 and 3 (P <0.05). The
conditions of the surviving mice in both groups started to gradually
improve on day 4, and the mice were relieved on day 7. At this time, in
contrast to the mice in the CR group, the mice in the TS+CR group were
still recovering. The DAI scores of the three groups at different time
points are shown in Fig. 3.