VETERINARY HOMEOPATHY AS AN ADDITIONAL TOOL IN THE TREATMENT OF PETS

The use of homeopathy for the treatment of diseases and maintenance of animal health is a promising, but not yet sufficiently elucidated method of therapy. The advantage of homeopathic medicines is their safety, the absence of side effects and the danger of drug overdose. However, according to the beliefs of most veterinary specialists, they should be used in combination with traditional medicine methods and responsibly, since treatment with homeopathic medicines involves an individual approach to the animal. According to this statement, homeopathy is primarily suitable for treatment of pets, as it involves a detailed examination and questioning of the owner about symptoms and previous experiences. That is why studies on the use of known or newly created homeopathic preparations continues and enriches theoretical and practical veterinary medicine with new scientific data. This article provides examples of the use of the homeopathic remedy Berberis-Homacord (solution for injection) in the complex therapy of diseases in cats accompanied by signs of damage to the genitourinary and digestive body’s systems. Changes in the animal’s condition during the experiment were assessed by a veterinarian based on the clinical indicators of the sick animals – behavior, reaction to the environment, body temperature, appetite, condition of the mucous membranes, frequency and rhythm of respiratory movements, and heartbeat. The safety of the drug was assessed by analyzing the results of laboratory tests - determining the blood morphological parameters and biochemical parameters of the blood serum before using the drug in comparison with the data obtained after its use. The results of cats’s hematological and biochemical blood tests after treatment with the drug Berberis-Homacord as part of complex therapy indicated a gradual return of the animals' parameters to the limits of the reference interval. According to changes of the general clinical indicators of the animal's body, obtained data from laboratory tests and observations of veterinary medicine specialists, the use of the drug Berberis-Homacord as part of complex therapy for cats in the treatment of diseases contributes to the faster normalization of the body's condition indicators.