Emu Oil Reduces Small Intestinal Inflammation in the Absence of Clinical Improvement in a Rat Model of Indomethacin-Induced Enteropathy

Table 4

Disease activity index (DAI) of rats gavaged daily with 0.5 mL of Water, Olive Oil, or Emu Oil throughout the experimental period (days 0–12) and administered water or Indomethacin (Indo; 8 mg/kg) daily on day 5. Data are expressed as median disease activity index score (range).

Day of trial	Water + Water	Indo + Water	Indo + Olive Oil	Indo + Emu Oil
6	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
7	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
8	0 (0)	0 (0–2)	0 (0)	0 (0)
9	0 (0)	0 (0–6)	0 (0-1)	0 (0–3)
10	0 (0)	1 (0–7)**	1 (0–3)	0 (0–4)
11	0 (0)	2 (1–7)***	2 (0–4)	1 (0–5)
12	0 (0)	2 (1–8)***	3 (0–5)	2 (0–7)

^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001, **𝑃<0.01 compared to Water + Water.