Efficacy of homeopathic medicine in treatment of teat fibrosis and mastitis in cows

Abstract

Teat fibrosis, consequence of mastitis is a devastating disease, which causes huge economic losses in dairy industry. The present study aimed to treat fibrosed teat with unconventional medicines: Silicea 200c and Calcarea flour 200c in dairy cows. A total of 69 lactating cows of variable age, those were suffering from varying degrees of teat fibrosis with ≥1quarter (s) involved were selected randomly from the commercial dairy farms at Karnaphuli upazilla, Chattogram, Bangladesh and continued the study for a period of 6 months from January-June, 2018. Animals were divided into 3 groups, A, B and C equally (n=23), respectively and trial period was persistent for 20-40 days. In group A, 2ml of Calcarea flour 200c was mixed with 100ml of luke warm water, then administered orally thrice/day/animal and 30mins later Silicea 200c was also administered accordingly for a period of 20 days; in group B, same treatment regime was continued for a period of 40 days while the group C (control) did not receive any treatment (Silicea 200c and Calcarea flour 200c) for a period of 40 days. In group A, there was no change in fibrosed teat. In group B, on both period of day 30 and day 40, fibrosed teat returned back to non-fibrosed state to ~83% and mastitic milk converted to normal milk to ~83%with concomitant increased milk production through affected teat which is nearly 7times higher as compared to control group (p<0.01). Conclusively, Silicea200c and Calcarea flour 200c treatment showed significant reduction of teat fibrosis in mastitic teat along with increase of milk production. Further study is warranted to evaluate clinical recovery of mastitic fibrosed teat with somatic cell count in milk.