Homeopathic treatment of mastitis in dairy cattle.

Abstract

A non-probabilistic trial was conducted in a dairy farm in Tucunduva, Rio Grande do Sul. Two therapeutic approaches to the treatment of bovine mastitis were tested in order to compare respective effectiveness and costs. The trial was performed in 14 animals, divided in two groups n = 7. One group was treated with a combination of Belladonna 30CH,Mercurius solubilis 30CH, Phytolacca decandra 30CH e Hepar sulphur 30CH, globules p.o. and intramammary non ionic base cream. The second group received regular treatment, with gentamicin cream 0.25%, intramammary, and inert homeopathic globules p.o. All seven animals in the first group were cured after seven days of treatment. One animal in the regular treatment group did not show improvement. Respective costs were R$ 7.00 and R$ 64.40 per animal. This study suggests that homeopathic treatment is as effective in the treatment of bovine mastitis as regular treatment, with significant less cost.