Effect of bee venom treatment in sows with oligogalactic syndrome postpartum.
Am J Chin Med
; 31(1): 149-55, 2003.
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| ID: mdl-12723765
ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to determine the clinico-therapeutic effect of worker honeybee venom in sows with oligogalactic syndrome postpartum. Comparison between bee venom- and drug-treated groups was our main concern in the present study. Sows after parturition were assigned to bee venom- and drug-treated groups, respectively. In the bee venom-treated group, 22 sows were bee-acupunctured once a day for 3 consecutive days. Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) forbee acupuncture were about 15 days old after metamorphosis. Live bees were used to sting the acupoints known as yang-ming (ST-18, 1.5 cm lateral to the base of the last two pairs of teats) and jiao-chao (GV- , at the indentation between the base of tail and the anus). In the drug-treated group, 20 sows were intramuscularly injected with a standard dose of penicillin G (400,000 IU/head) once a day for 3 consecutive days. On post-treatment day 4, 85.0% of the drug-treated group and 90.9% of the bee venom-treated group recovered from oligogalactic syndrome postpartum. The result suggested that apitherapy using worker honeybee is an effective treatment for sows with oligogalactic syndrome postpartum.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Therapeutic Methods and Therapies TCIM:
Terapias_biologicas
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Apiterapia
Main subject:
Puerperal Disorders
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Swine Diseases
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Bee Venoms
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Lactation Disorders
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Chin Med
Year:
2003
Type:
Article