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• TITLE: Evaluation of homeopathic treatments in early lactation in buffalo cows and neonatal mortality in buffalo calf

  AUTHORS: Fiorella Sarubbi, Rodolfo Baculo, Raffaele Palomba, Giuseppe Auriemma

  KEYWORDS: Buffalo Cows; Buffalo Calf; Homeopathic Remedy; Neonatal Mortality; Milk Production; Metabolic Profiles

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol.2 No.3, July 26, 2012

  ABSTRACT: The trial was conducted on thirty buffalo cows subdivided in three groups. In the immediate pre-calving, 2.5 ml of Echinacea purpurea were orally administered to the first group (A) and, after calving, Nux vomica, Chelidonium and Lycopodium 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 contents 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. We therefore conclude that the use of homeopathic remedies are a chance to improve animal welfare and their productive characteristics.