Avaliação do controle de mastite subclínica com uso de medicamento homeopático

Abstract

Homeopathy was named as such by around 1796, with the work of the German physician Samuel Hahnemann, who, nonconformist with the medicine of the time, leaves that form of cure and starts to translate books and from these books obtain valuable information to develop this new form of cure. Currently it has been quite diffusing its use also in animals. Milk production, which has emerged as an important economic activity in small farms of Rio Grande do Sul, has been facing losses due to mastitis, mostly subclinical, silently reduces milk production and direct payment to producers also due to milk physical changes, leading to reduction by-products , identified by the industry through the presence of somatic cells. This study aims to verify homeopathy action during lactation to reduce cases of subclinical mastitis by administering daily doses of homeopathic medicine. CMT tests were conducted on small farms in Sananduva, four properties were elected with subclinical mastitis rates above 30 %, by administration of homeopathic medicine for 90 days and making up monthly readings. A reduction of reaction to CMT test in animals receiving the drug was observed, concluding that homeopathy is effective in subclinical mastitis control on small farms.