Dermatological remedies in the traditional pharmacopoeia of Vulture-Alto Bradano, inland southern Italy [PDF]
Dermatological remedies make up at least one-third of the traditional pharmacopoeia in southern Italy. The identification of folk remedies for the skin is important both for the preservation of traditional medical knowledge and in the search for novel ...
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Ethnoveterinary plants of Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia [PDF]
Background: Traditional herbal preparations for addressing veterinary problems have been applied in Ankober District, Ethiopia, for generations. However, the millennia-old ethnoveterinary knowledge of the community, and the plants are subjected to loss ...
Asfaw, Zemede +3 more
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Background: South Africa is recognised as one of the most biodiverse countries in terms of fauna and flora in the sub-Saharan region. More than 40% of farmers in remote rural areas of the Eastern Cape Province use medicinal plants for the treatment of ...
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Local knowledge held by farmers in Eastern Tyrol (Austria) about the use of plants to maintain and improve animal health and welfare [PDF]
Background The sustainable management of animal health and welfare is of increasing importance to consumers and a key topic in the organic farming movement.
Vogl, Christian R. +2 more
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Plant Ethnoveterinary Practices in Two Pyrenean Territories of Catalonia (Iberian Peninsula) and in Two Areas of the Balearic Islands and Comparison with Ethnobotanical Uses in Human Medicine [PDF]
22 p.This paper presents the results of an ethnobotanical study centred in veterinarian uses in two Catalan Pyrenean regions (Alt Empordà -AE- and High River Ter Valley -AT-, Iberian peninsula) and two Balearic Islands areas (Formentera -FO- and ...
Carrió, Esperança +5 more
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Ethnoveterinary perspectives and promising future [PDF]
In this review, we have discussed the recent potential effects of plants and their derivatives in treating diseases of veterinary importance in livestock. The therapeutic value of these natural products depends upon their bioactive metabolites that are developed and isolated from crude plants, thus produced a selective action on the body. The crises of
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Participatory Epidemiology of Endemic Diseases in West African Cattle – Ethnoveterinary and Bioveterinary Knowledge in Fulani Disease Control [PDF]
Fulani pastoralists in Nigeria lack adequate access to good quality veterinary services and often resort to treating their animals themselves. There are several negative aspects to this, including poor treatment outcomes, misuse of veterinary drugs and ...
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Advances in Diagnostic Approaches and Therapeutic Management in Bovine Mastitis
Mastitis causes huge economic losses to dairy farmers worldwide, which largely negatively affects the quality and quantity of milk. Mastitis decreases overall milk production, degrades milk quality, increases milk losses because of milk being discarded ...
Savleen Kour +6 more
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<i>Artemisia</i>, a Promising Tool for Integrated Parasite Control. [PDF]
The genus Artemisia, belonging to the family Asteraceae, comprises nearly 500 species with various pharmacological properties, such as antimalarial, antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, nematocidal, and cesticidal activities. Gastrointestinal parasites pose a significant health concern in animals, resulting in substantial financial losses due to the
Cruz-Estupiñan SE +4 more
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Circum-Mediterranean cultural heritage and medicial plant uses in traditional animal healthcare: a field survey in eight selected areas within the RUBIA project [PDF]
During the years 2003¿2005, a comparative ethnobotanical field survey was conducted on remedies used in traditional animal healthcare in eight Mediterranean areas. The study sites were selected within the EU-funded RUBIA project, and were as follows: the
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