A recent study shows homeopathy effective in controlling Haemonchus contortus infection in sheep. This parasite, known as red stomach worm, is a major intestinal parasite in sheep and goats and also affects cattle, causing significant economic damage to farmers. It has been found in humans in Brazil and Australia and is becoming resistant to conventional treatments. The study conducted at Federal University (Brazil) compared a homeopathically treated group, a conventionally treated group, and a control group. Results were published in Homeopathy 2008; 97(3):145–151. Sheep treated homeopathically showed a “significant reduction” in the number of H. contortus larvae compared to the control group and a higher daily weight gain than both the control and the conventionally treated group. The researchers concluded: “the cost benefit analysis confirmed that homeopathy… increases economic trend when compared with the other groups.”
—reported in Drug Law Weekly, September 30, 2008
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