AUTOHEMOTHERAPY AT ACUPUNCTURE POINTS POST ORCHIECTOMY SURGERY IN CART HORSES- EIGHT CASES REPORT

Abstract

In Northeastern of Brazil, due to local financial and cultural problems, the orchiectomies in cart horses is often done by lay people, with high hates of mortality and suffering to the animals. The aim of this article was to evaluate the use of the autohemotherapy post orchiectomy surgery at acupuncture points in eight cart horses, as a substitute technique for the use of analgesics and antibiotics, in places were such medical drugs are not available. None of the animals has shown fever, appetite change or significant change in the physiological parameters during the post surgical evaluation. Autohemotherapy at acupuncture points in the equine orchiectomies postoperative proved to be effective.