Homeopathy as replacement to antibiotics in the case of Escherichia coli diarrhoea in neonatal piglets

Homeopathy

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-62

  Camerlink, I ^a   Ellinger, L ^b   Bakker, E J ^a   Lantinga, E A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Centaurea   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Homeopathy; Neonatal diarrhoea; Piglets

Indexed keywords

HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT COLI 30K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMEOPATHY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE;

EID: 73949146981     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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