Use of Eucalyptus Wood Vinegar as Antiseptic in Goats

Abstract

Several studies have been conducted on the use of Eucalyptus wood vinegar in agricultural applications, organic insecticides, and fertilisers. And in recent years, wood vinegar research has been conducted on antiseptic in breeding animals, such as goats. This review describes the form of production, cytotoxicity, action of wood vinager in mammary glands as antiseptic and action in milk parameters. It was verified that wood vinager is not toxic to the mammary gland, its best performance was observed when associated with glycerin and there is no change in milk parameters, except conductivity. Thus, the Eucalyptus wood vinegar is an alternative as antiseptic in dairy goat matrices.

The Potential of Wood Vinegar to Replace Antimicrobials Used in Animal Husbandry—A Review

“…Median lethal doses (LD 50 ) equal to 272 and 298 mg mL −1 were determined for the raw and refined WV, respectively. Regarding topical use, the cytotoxicity of 20% WV incorporated into glycerin as an antiseptic product was applied on dairy goats after milking [31]. The study demonstrated that even at 20%, WV did not cause cytotoxicity in the mammary gland cells of exposed animals, revealing its safety for this purpose.…”

“…Additionally, recent innovative studies have demonstrated the potential of WV for biomedical applications due to its antioxidant and wound-healing properties [29,30]. Based on previous works with various types of wood and other lignocellulosic raw materials, many researchers have investigated the effectiveness of WV as an antimicrobial agent to compose antiseptics, among other products [25,[31][32][33][34].…”