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Table 1 Score, symptoms, and images for ear swelling responses observed over 1 h following an ear punch challenge

From: Perinatal antibiotic exposure alters composition of murine gut microbiota and may influence later responses to peanut antigen

Score

Symptoms

Image

0

No signs of ear swelling (arrow), redness, or irritation

3

Enlarged ear (arrow), swelling at the base of the ear causing the ear to protrude from the head, mild redness, and un-kept fur on the affected side of the body, and/or bleeding from the ear area

  1. The two extremes (scores of 0 and 3) are shown for comparison