Evaluation of homeopathic treatment in the prevalence of bovine mastitis

Abstract

The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of using a preventive homeopathic treatment with the product Masthe HM1000® (Hágil therapeutics) on the occurrence of subclinical mastitis in dairy cows, milk production, and the percentage of fat and protein. The data were collected from two dairy farms in the northwest region of the state Rio Grande do Sul, which were kept in a pasture with supplementation in the trough and composed of Holstein and Jersey cows, the data were collected two months before and after the use of the homeopathic product. It was concluded that the use of Masthe HM1000® homeopathy (Hile therapy) for mastitis reduced the occurrence of subclinical mastitis and the CCS count of milk from dairy cows without affecting the production or composition of fat and protein present in milk. Mastitis is a disease that causes great damage in the dairy herd and is on of the most frequent problems in the milk properties, with this new measures for the control and prevention of mastitis are one of the major bottlenecks in the veterinarian’s daily routine, being possible use new therapies to assist the producer in the face of the health and financial losses that mastitis causes to the herd.