Evidence-Based Human Homeopathy and Veterinary Homeopathy. Comment on Bergh et al. A Systematic Review of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: “Miscellaneous Therapies”. Animals 2021, 11, 3356
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
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- to reduce the use of antibiotics by 50% throughout the EU by 2030
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- to increase the number of organic farms in the EU from 8% to 25% by 2030
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- to give preference to homeopathy and phytotherapy in organic farms before conventional medicines are used, including antibiotics, the application of these complementary medical disciplines in the sense of integrative veterinary medicine, i.e., to combine best practices of conventional and complementary medical therapy procedures, seems proactive and innovative [30,31]. Hence, the integration of complementary medicine including homeopathy at the universities seems a necessary consequence and requirement in the interests of the patient.
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
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Conflicts of Interest
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Weiermayer, P.; Frass, M.; Peinbauer, T.; Ellinger, L.; De Beukelaer, E. Evidence-Based Human Homeopathy and Veterinary Homeopathy. Comment on Bergh et al. A Systematic Review of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: “Miscellaneous Therapies”. Animals 2021, 11, 3356. Animals 2022, 12, 2097. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12162097
Weiermayer P, Frass M, Peinbauer T, Ellinger L, De Beukelaer E. Evidence-Based Human Homeopathy and Veterinary Homeopathy. Comment on Bergh et al. A Systematic Review of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: “Miscellaneous Therapies”. Animals 2021, 11, 3356. Animals. 2022; 12(16):2097. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12162097
Chicago/Turabian StyleWeiermayer, Petra, Michael Frass, Thomas Peinbauer, Liesbeth Ellinger, and Edward De Beukelaer. 2022. "Evidence-Based Human Homeopathy and Veterinary Homeopathy. Comment on Bergh et al. A Systematic Review of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: “Miscellaneous Therapies”. Animals 2021, 11, 3356" Animals 12, no. 16: 2097. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12162097
APA StyleWeiermayer, P., Frass, M., Peinbauer, T., Ellinger, L., & De Beukelaer, E. (2022). Evidence-Based Human Homeopathy and Veterinary Homeopathy. Comment on Bergh et al. A Systematic Review of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: “Miscellaneous Therapies”. Animals 2021, 11, 3356. Animals, 12(16), 2097. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12162097