TABLE 6:

Publications on poultry

Authors (year)	Species	Indication	Study design	Diagnostic measure	Effect of homeopathy?
Sandoval and others (1998)	Chicken	Salmonellosis treatment	RCT non-blind	DT/CS	Yes: efficacy not significantly different to AB group
Velkers and others (2005)	Chicken	E coli diarrhoea prevention	Observational	DT/CS/M	No: no difference compared to U control
Berchieri and others (2006)	Chicken	Salmonellosis (induced) prevention	RCT non-blind	DT	Yes: faecal excretion of Salmonella enteritidis significantly lower than in untreated control
Amalcaburio and others (2009)	Chicken	Growth promotion	RCT non-blind	DT/M	No: no difference in growth speed or final weight compared to an untreated control
Hadipour and others (2011)	Chicken	Growth promotion	RCT non-blind	DT/CS/M	Yes: higher growth rate, final weight and food conversion ratio compared to CON treatment (AB and vaccines)
Sato and others (2012)	Chicken	Growth promotion and immune system improvement.	RCT double-blind	DT/CS/M	Yes: less mortality, increased productivity, a higher viability and a possible shunt to B lymphocyte activity and higher weight gain (only for females) than in U control

AB Antibiotics, CON Conventional treatment including antibiotics, CS Clinical Signs, DT Direct Test, IT Indirect Test, M Measurements, RCT Randomised controlled trial, U Untreated