Assessment of Larval Toxicity and the Teratogenic Effect of Three Medicinal Plants Used in the Traditional Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Benin

Table 2

Allocation of scores to the various parameters for evaluating the quality of chicks [19].

Parameters	Characteristics	Scores
Activity	Good	6
	Low	0
Down and appearances	Clean and dry	10
	Wet	8
	Dirty and wet	0
Resorption of the yolk sac	Chicks with a normal abdomen	12
	Chicks with large abdomen and fairly hard to the touch	0
Eyes	Open and shiny	16
	Open and nonshiny	8
	Closed	0
Legs	Normal legs and toes	16
	An infected leg	8
	Both infected legs	0
Umbilicus	Completely closed and clean	12
	Not completely closed and not discolored	6
	Not closed and discolored	0
Remaining membrane	No membrane	12
	Small membrane	8
	Large membrane	4
	Very large membrane	0
The yolk stop	No yolk	16
	Demands yolk	12
	Large egg yolk	8
	Very large egg yolk	0