TABLE 2:
Cure rates for therapeutic use of different remedies
| Species | Indication | Recovery effect with | Author (year) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homeopathy | Allopathy | Placebo | |||
| Cows | Mastitis | 34% a 18% d |
26% a 24% d |
Sonnenwald (1986) | |
| Cows | Mastitis | 34% a 18% d |
26% a 24% d |
Merck and others (1989) | |
| Cows | Mastitis | 33% a, o 80% a, p |
67% a, o 50% a, p |
Tiefenthaler (1990) | |
| Cows | Mastitis | 19% a 47% e 29% f |
20% a 45% e 35% f |
6% a 56% e 13% f |
Hektoen and others (2004) |
| Cows | Mastitis | 47% b 31% c |
24% b 24% c |
30% b 4% c |
Werner and others (2010) |
| Cows | Mastitis | 5% a, g 10% a, h |
17% a, g 65% a, h |
Walkenhorst (2006) | |
| Cows | Mastitis | 63% e 36% n |
95% e 74 % n |
Williamson and Lacy-Hulbert (2014) | |
| Calves | Diarrhoea | 83% l | 80% l | Kayne and Rafferty (1994) | |
| Calves | Diarrhoea | 69-77% i, m | 69% m | Hornig (2014) | |
| Sows | MMA | 61% m | 35% m | Seifert (1987) | |
a Full recovery=no pathological findings of milk and udder and negative cytobacteriological results of milk samples
b Full recovery=no pathological findings of milk and udder with negative bacteriological results of milk samples on first day of disease
c Full recovery=no pathological findings of milk and udder with positive bacteriological results of milk samples on first day of disease
d Clinical recovery=no pathological findings of milk and udder and with positive bacteriological or/and positive cytological results of milk samples
e Clinical recovery=no pathological findings of milk and udder
f Bacteriological recovery=negative bacteriological result of milk samples after treatment and negative California mastitis test
g Cows with clinical mastitis at minimum one udder quarter
h Cows without clinical signs, but positive bacteriological result of milk samples at minimum one udder
i Range of results due to the use of different homeopathic remedies
l Clinical recovery=change from watery to pasty faeces; animals treated by homeopathy recovered one day earlier
m Clinical recovery
n Bacteriological recovery=negative bacteriological result of milk samples after treatment
o Test group=cows with acute mastitis with disturbed general condition
p Test group=cows with acute mastitis without disturbed general condition
MMA Mastitis-metritis-agalactia syndrome