Is the addition of spray homeopathic in feed able to change dog behavior?
This study aimed to determine if the homeopathic formulation based on Natrum muriaticum, Matricaria, Chamomilla, and Ignatia amara was effective for stress control in dogs in order to prevent and/or reduce the frequency of unwanted behaviors. Ten male beagle dogs were divided into two groups, with f...
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| author | Gabriela Miotto Galli Patricia Glombowsky Aleksandro Schafer da Silva |
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| description | This study aimed to determine if the homeopathic formulation based on Natrum muriaticum, Matricaria, Chamomilla, and Ignatia amara was effective for stress control in dogs in order to prevent and/or reduce the frequency of unwanted behaviors. Ten male beagle dogs were divided into two groups, with five animals per group. The control group was animals receiving 0.5 mL/day of placebo via spray in the feed for 30 consecutive days as a preventive. The treated group received 0.5 mL/day of tested drug spray in the feed for 30 consecutive days as a preventive. Behavioral tests were performed at two time points, before and after receiving the tested drug. We performed the following behavioral tests: a) persons known and unknown in the internal and external environment; b) interaction with toys; c) interaction with an unknown dog, d) test with a leash; and e) firecracker test. There was more engagement in digging and scaling the fence in the control group than in the treatment group (P < 0.05). The animals that received homeopathic medicine sat 2.54 times longer than the control (P = 0.0269). Dogs that received homeopathic showed 4.49 times more interest in general at D30 than at D1 (P = 0.0214). Animals in the treated group showed an 83% less chance of urinating than the control group in the tests involving displacements. We conclude that the preventive addition of homeopathic medicine containing Natrum muriaticum, Chamomilla, and Ignatia amara reduced undesirable behaviors related to anxiety and increased the incidence of interest behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-782e3e6d2ee14da0bed670ce1dab5d0f2023-09-03T13:25:12ZengUniversidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA)Acta Veterinaria Brasilica1981-54842022-08-0116319620410.21708/avb.2022.16.3.10508Is the addition of spray homeopathic in feed able to change dog behavior?Gabriela Miotto Galli0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6734-8659Patricia Glombowsky1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5253-6566Aleksandro Schafer da Silva2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6940-6776Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilUniversity of Santa Catarina State (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, BrazilUniversity of Santa Catarina State (UDESC), Chapecó, SC, BrazilThis study aimed to determine if the homeopathic formulation based on Natrum muriaticum, Matricaria, Chamomilla, and Ignatia amara was effective for stress control in dogs in order to prevent and/or reduce the frequency of unwanted behaviors. Ten male beagle dogs were divided into two groups, with five animals per group. The control group was animals receiving 0.5 mL/day of placebo via spray in the feed for 30 consecutive days as a preventive. The treated group received 0.5 mL/day of tested drug spray in the feed for 30 consecutive days as a preventive. Behavioral tests were performed at two time points, before and after receiving the tested drug. We performed the following behavioral tests: a) persons known and unknown in the internal and external environment; b) interaction with toys; c) interaction with an unknown dog, d) test with a leash; and e) firecracker test. There was more engagement in digging and scaling the fence in the control group than in the treatment group (P < 0.05). The animals that received homeopathic medicine sat 2.54 times longer than the control (P = 0.0269). Dogs that received homeopathic showed 4.49 times more interest in general at D30 than at D1 (P = 0.0214). Animals in the treated group showed an 83% less chance of urinating than the control group in the tests involving displacements. We conclude that the preventive addition of homeopathic medicine containing Natrum muriaticum, Chamomilla, and Ignatia amara reduced undesirable behaviors related to anxiety and increased the incidence of interest behavior.https://periodicos.ufersa.edu.br/acta/article/view/10508anxietyanimal behaviorcaninehomeopathy |
| spellingShingle | Gabriela Miotto Galli Patricia Glombowsky Aleksandro Schafer da Silva Is the addition of spray homeopathic in feed able to change dog behavior? Acta Veterinaria Brasilica anxiety animal behavior canine homeopathy |
| title | Is the addition of spray homeopathic in feed able to change dog behavior? |
| title_full | Is the addition of spray homeopathic in feed able to change dog behavior? |
| title_fullStr | Is the addition of spray homeopathic in feed able to change dog behavior? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is the addition of spray homeopathic in feed able to change dog behavior? |
| title_short | Is the addition of spray homeopathic in feed able to change dog behavior? |
| title_sort | is the addition of spray homeopathic in feed able to change dog behavior |
| topic | anxiety animal behavior canine homeopathy |
| url | https://periodicos.ufersa.edu.br/acta/article/view/10508 |
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