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Einstallungsmetaphylaxe in der Schweinemast: Untersuchungen über die Verwendung unterschiedlicher allopathischer und homöopathischer Wirkstoffe und Wirkstoffdosierungen zur Verminderung des Erkrankungsrisikos neu aufgestellter Mastschweine unterschiedlicher Herkunft, unter Einbeziehung einer Placebokontrolle mit Berücksichtigung ausgewählter Stalluftparameter
Dissertation. Berlin; 1991.
Investigations about the use of different allopathical and homoeopathical substances and their dosages to decrease infection rates amongst newly housed fattening pigs of different origin including a placebo control and consideration of selected parameters for environment conditions.
During a period from autumn 1987 to winter 1988/89 investigations were carried out in a pig fattening management with 4.320 fattening farms in the county of Papenburg/Ostfriesland to prove the influence on the sickness rate of newly housed animals. The investigations covered prophylactic treatment with Chlortetracyclin on its own or in combination with Sulfadimidin-Natrium whereto a comperative effect of two combined homoeopathic drugs was shown.
Together 4.680 animals were treated in 13 instances with 360 pigs each. Besides the groups 'Allopathy' (A) and 'Homoeopathy' (H) with 120 animals per instance, an equally sized control group (K) was haltered too, which was administered lactose.
Environment conditions were observed (temperature, humidity, ammoniac concentrations and air velocity) to allow an actual comparison of all groups.
To achieve these results the health condition of newly arrived stock was controlled twice a day during a period of 11 days. Each case of sickness was recorded and disease development was observed.
The recorded results were statistically reworked in order to make the case evaluation of one run on its own comparable to the results collected during several instances in medicinal groups.
Single results:
1.) The commonly practised dosage of CTC and Sulfadimidin (12 mg CTC + 6 mg SDM/kgs bodyweight) in relation to the control animals could not sufficiantly prevent the outbreak of the disease. Approx. 19,1 % of this group of animals became diseased (control animals: 24,3 %). [Commonly practised as known as: 1.) in this herd hitherto customary. 2.) be regarded as customary after comparison of collegues' prescription practice after analysing 382 dietary prescriptions of two feedstuff companies in northern Germany.]
Among 101 examined serum samples only one CTCconcentration was found which was higher than the minimal required therapeutical concentration of 500 ng/ml.
2.) The increased dosage of 20 mg CTC/kgs bodyweight with the same Sulfadimidin-Na additive showed a significantly decreased sickness rate in the control group as well as under CTC-dosage (approx. 10.4 % of this group were contaminated with disease).
3.) A tripled dosage up to 60 mg/kgs bodyweight CTC without Sulfadimin-Na, too, showed a significantly decreased sickness rate compared with the control group and prophylactic treated animals with a CTC-dosage.
However, no sufficiant improvement of the groups' health status was achieved with this dosage increase compared with the application of 20 mg CTC and 6 mg Sulfadimidin-Na/kgs bodyweight. Furthermore, there were no noticeable differences between the results of the 5 days or 10 days lasting medication. (Approx. sickness rate was 9,6 % [10 days] and 8,3 % [5 days]).
In this group 72 out of 101 examined serum samples were higher than the minimal required therapeutic CTC-serum concentration.
4.) The combined homoeopathic drugs Ammonium arsenicum D4, Kalium arsenicosum D4 and Kalium nitricum D4 (Bronchovetsan®) in a dosage of 3 g/animal and day during 10 days led to a significant sickness increase in group H compared with the control group. Approx. 33,1 % of the animals became diseased.
If the dayly dosage of Bronchovetsan® was doubled and only applied for 5 days it resulted in a significantly decreased sickness rate of approx. 17,7 %.
5.) A specially composed combined homoeopathic medicine which contained the drugs Cuprum metallicum D4, Drosera rotundifolia D1, Ipecacuanha D3, Ferrum phosphoricum D4 and Nux vomica D4 in a dosage of 3 g/animal and day during 10 days could also reduce the sickness rate in comparison to the control group. Approx. 18,1% became diseased in this group.
As far as the outbreak of respiration tract infections was concearned the homoeopathic group with its prophylactic dosage of CTC and Sulfadimidin-Na was significantly smaller than the allopathic group.
In this combination the minimation of medication down to 5 days and a dosage increase up to 6 g/animal and day did not lead to improved health status compared with the control group. Approx. 22,3 % of the animals were recognized as infected.
6.) Amongst the allopathically treated groups the total of neccessary therapies (primary and repeated treatments added up) could be decreased in those animals which became infected despite prophylactic therapy. The differences are alltogether significant in the allopathy groups with therapeutical CTC-dosage and not significant in the groups with prophylactic CTC-dosage.
7.) Due to the kind of treatment in the homoeopathic groups (primary treatment with homoeopathic/phytotherapeutic complex-drugs and repeated treatments with chemotherapeutica) the total of neccessary therapies could not be decreased compared to the control groups. In the medication group using Bronchovetsan® in a dosage of 3 g/animal and day the total effort of necessary treatments was significantly higher than in the control group.
Nevertheless, a significant drop of chemotherapeutica in the four homoeopathic groups could be achieved compared with the control groups. It corresponded more or less with the allopathic groups with therapeutical CTC-dosage (with the exception of the medication group using Bronchovetsan® in a dosage of 3 g/animal and day).
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