Evaluation of homoeopathic treatments in early lactation in buffalo cows and neonatal mortality in buffalo calf – a report

This trial was conducted in Italy on thirty buffalo cows subdivided in three groups. In the immediate pre-calving, 2.5 ml of Echinacea purpurea (mother tincture) was orally administered to the first group (A) and, after calving, Nux vomica (30CH), Chelidonium (30CH) and Lycopodium (potency not declared) were administered at 7 days intervals. The second group (B) was only subjected to the post-calving treatment, while the third group (C) represented the control group. Immediately after calving two groups of calves were formed. The first group received 5 granules of Pyrogenium in the first days of life and then for 10 days the 0.5 ml of E. purpurea. The second group did not receive any remedy. Before the calving, in conventional farm twenty buffalo cows (D group) were vaccinated. Remedies administration did not affect milk protein content, milk lipid con- tents and the achievement of the lactation peak. Blood samples showed that total protein, albumin and globulin levels were lower in group A, compared to groups B and C. Cholesterol and urea were lower in the treated groups than in the control. The authors therefore concluded that the use of homoeopathic remedies is a chance to improve animal welfare and their productive characteristics.

Reference: Fiorella Sarubbi, Rodolfo Baculo, Raffaele Palomba, Giuseppe Auriemma, Evaluation of homoeopathic treatments in early lactation in buffalo cows and neonatal mortality in buffalo calf, Open Journal of Animal Sciences. Vol.2, No.3, 196-203 (2012). doi:10.4236/ojas.2012.23027

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