Evaluation of preventive homeopathic treatment against Colibacillosis in swine production

Authors

  • Cideli de Paula Coelho (1) Méd. veterinária homeopata, professora FACIS – IBEHE. Pós-graduanda em Epidemiologia Experimental e Aplicada ás Zoonoses USP, SP, Brazil
  • Francisco Rafael Martins Soto Méd. veterinário, Doutor em Epidemiologia Experimental e Aplicada ás Zoonoses USP, SP, Brazil
  • Erlete Rosalina Vuaden Méd. veterinária homeopata, M. Cassab - Nutrição Animal, SP, Brazil
  • Priscilla Anne Melville
  • Flávia Carolina Souza Oliveira Méd. veterinária, pós-graduanda em Epidemiologia Experimental e Aplicada ás Zoonoses USP, SP, Brazil
  • Nilson Roberti Benites Méd. veterinário homeopata, Professor Doutor da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51910/ijhdr.v8i29.361

Keywords:

Escherichia coli, Diarrhea, Swine, Homeopathy, Isopathy, Efficacy

Abstract

Escherichia coli is the most important etiologic agent implied in neonatal diarrhea in swine; colibacillosis is the disease with highest impact in production of swine. The demands of consumers for meat without chemical residues and the ban on the use of antibiotics and chemotherapics in production of swine compelled to find alternative therapeutic and preventive treatments. Aims: to assess homeopathic treatment as preventive against colibacillosis in swine. Methods: the study was conducted in a farm in Mato Grosso, Brazil; stools of 4 piglets with diarrhea were collected to establish the presence of E. coli; concomitantly it was performed a clinical exam to identify the symptoms leading to the choice of a homeopathy remedy. Newborn piglets were divided into 4 groups (n= 11 or 12): 1) control, subjected to antibiotic treatment against diarrhea; 2) homeopathic treatment, performed with Phosphorus 30cH according to the symptoms collected; 3) biotherapic treatment, performed with Escherichia coli 30cH prepared from the locally obtained bacteria; 4) homeopathic + biotherapics treatment. Results: all 3 groups treated with homeopathy/isotherapy presented a significant reduction of diarrhea compared to the control group (p=0.02); the group treated with Phosphorus 30cH + Escherichia coli 30cH presented the highest weight gain which was significant by comparison to all other groups (p=0.001). Conclusion: homeopathic and biotherapics treatment were more effective than antibiotics in the control of diarrhea in newborn piglets; combination of homeopathic and isopathic treatment resulted in the highest weight gain. These results suggest that homeopathy and isopathy are effective alternatives for the treatment of diarrhea by E. coli in newborn swine.

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Published

2021-12-25

How to Cite

Coelho, C. de P., Soto, F. R. M., Vuaden, E. R., Melville, P. A., Oliveira, F. C. S., & Benites, N. R. (2021). Evaluation of preventive homeopathic treatment against Colibacillosis in swine production. International Journal of High Dilution Research - ISSN 1982-6206, 8(29), 183–190. https://doi.org/10.51910/ijhdr.v8i29.361

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Veterinary Research

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