No Effect of a Homeopathic Preparation on Neonatal Calf Diarrhoea in a Randomised Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

K de Verdier²  P Öhagen¹  S Alenius¹ 

[1] Department of Ruminant Medicine and Veterinary Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

[2] Department of Ruminant and Porcine Diseases, National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala

关键词: veterinary;    scour;    rotavirus;    Podophyllum;    organic farming;    medicine;    homeopathy;    enteritis;    Cryptosporidium;    coronavirus;    bovine;    Antibiotics;   

Others  :  790170
DOI  :  10.1186/1751-0147-44-97

 received in 2003-01-31, accepted in 2003-04-23,  发布年份 2003

   

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