PRODUCTIVE AND SANITARY ASPECTS OF CROSSBRED MILKING COWS RECEIVING HOMEOPATHIC PRODUCTS

ABSTRACT Nowadays the world population demands food of good quality, without any residues from chemical products. Eight cows from a herd of 40, which were consuming commercial homeopathic medicines at the daily concentration for control of endoand ectoparasites, were monitored in terms of their performance (production and quality of milk, body score and body weight) and sanitary aspects (parasites infestation and mastitis) during the lactation period. It was not necessary to give any allopathic (conventional) medicines to control mastitis or parasites (ticks, horn-fly, verminosis) in any cow of the herd during the nine months of the lactation period. The results showed that it is possible to produce milk without using chemical products, and not interfering in the productivity of the crossbred animals.

摘要 当前全球民众对优质无化学残留的食品需求日益攀升。本研究选取某40头奶牛牛群中的8头个体，在其泌乳期内开展监测：受试牛群每日饲喂以常规剂量用于防控体内外寄生虫（endoparasite and ectoparasite）的商业顺势疗法药物。监测内容涵盖奶牛生产性能（泌乳量与乳品质、体况评分及体重）与健康状况（寄生虫侵染与乳腺炎）。结果显示，在整个9个月的泌乳周期内，无需使用任何对抗疗法（常规）药物即可防控牛群中所有奶牛的乳腺炎及蜱虫、牛角蝇与蠕虫病。本研究证实，可在不使用化学产品的前提下生产牛奶，且不会对杂交奶牛的生产性能造成负面影响。