THE HOMEOPATHIC CINA DOES NOT REDUCE THE EGG OUTPUT OF DIGESTIVE-TRACT NEMATODES IN LAMBS

The aim of present work was to determine whether the homeopathic Cina (Artemisia cina) was able to reduce the egg output of digestive-tract nematodes in lambs. No significant differences were found between trea ted (at the 15 CH dilution) and control lambs with a mixed natural inf ection (Teladorsagia, Trichostrongylus, Haemonchus, Chabertia and Oeso phagostomum). No significant differences were found in experimentally infected lambs (Trichostrongylus vitrinus, Teladorsagia circumcincta, Chabertia ovina or Nematodirus filicollis) before and after treatment with Cina at the 9 CH dilution. The use of Cina is not an alternative to classical anthelmintic control in our conditions of moderate infect ions.