HAEMATOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES ON SUB-CLINICAL MASTITIS IN GOATS TREATED WITH HOMEOPATHIC DRUGS

摘要

Mastitis is one of the important diseases of the dairy animals and various homeopathic drugs like Phytolacca, Brayonia and Arnica (Sonnenwald, 1986) have been recommended for treatment of mastitis. However, detailed information about effect of these drugs on haematological and immunological parameters in treated animals is not available. Therefore, investigation undertaken on subclinical mastitis in goats treated with homeopathic drugs. Goat flock of local breed between 2-3 years age group with average body weight 30kg screened for diagnosis of subclinical mastitis by use of California mastitis test (CMT). Twelve positive and six normal goats were selected and divided into three groups consisting six goats in each, first group was normal healthy control, second was untreated control and third was treated with Phytolacca, Brayonia and Arnica (Economic Homeo Pharmacy, Calcutta) 200x @ 5-10 drops orally single dose daily for 5-7 days.