[Omeo33] Art 0128 - Homeopathy, 2004, 93 (1), 17-20

[Gino Santini]

At 18:10 +0100 29-10-2008, Gino Santini wrote:

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>Evaluation of a homeopathic complex in the clinical management of 
>udder diseases of riverine buffaloes
>JP Varshney and Ram Naresh
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>We report an uncontrolled observational study of the treatment of 
>udder diseases of buffalo, using a homeopathic complex medicine. 
>Mastitis is an economically important disease of buffaloes. In India 
>economic losses due to mastitis are estimated at US$526 million 
>annually. Conventional veterinary treatment relies on costly 
>antibiotics; cure rate is only 60% in field conditions with a 
>problem of milk residues. The present investigation was undertaken 
>to evaluate the effectiveness of a homeopathic complex in the 
>management of clinical udder health problems of riverine buffaloes. 
>Cases of subclinical mastitis were excluded from the study. A total 
>of 102 mastitic quarters (fibrosed-40, nonfibrosed-62) and five 
>cases each of blood in milk and udder oedema in lactating buffaloes 
>were treated with a homeopathic complex consisting of Phytolacca 
>200c, Calcarea fluorica 200c, Silicea 30c, Belladona 30c, Bryonia 
>30c, Arnica 30c, Conium 30c and Ipecacuanha 30c. The diagnosis of 
>udder diseases and recovery criterion was based on physical 
>examination of udder and milk and CMT/WST score. Bacteriological 
>analysis and somatic cell count were not performed.
>Treatment was 80 and 96.72% effective in cases of fibrotic mastitis 
>and nonfibrosed mastitis respectively. Recovery period was 21-42 
>days (fibrosed) and 4-15 days (nonfibrosed). Udder oedema and blood 
>in milk responded favourably in 2-5 days. Cost of treatment was US$ 
>0.07 per day. The homeopathic complex medicine may be effective and 
>economical in the management of udder health problems of buffaloes. 
>Definitive conclusions are premature due to the limited number of 
>observations and lack of control group.
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	L'articolo viene "lavorato" da Carlo Di Stanislao

Un saluto a tutti,
Gino
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