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A Bioethics view zootherapy

, 2015
Animals can assist in several human activities including therapies that result in acknowledged benefits, however there are some ethical issues. Thus, we intended to contextualize social and ethically the use of animals as co-therapists and to reflect on the intervention of bioethics in the establishment of conduct rules for a complex, global and plural
Fischer, Marta Luciane, Amorim Zanatta, Amanda, Rezende Adami, Eliana   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Environmental influence on the choice of medicinal animals: a case study from northeastern Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2019
Background Animals from various taxonomic groups are commonly used in folk medicine, and their selection seems to be directly linked to their availability and accessibility.
Iamara da Silva Policarpo Brito, Anna Karolina Martins Borges, Sérgio de Faria Lopes, Thelma Lúcia Pereira Dias, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use and commercialization of Podocnemis expansa (Schweiger 1812) (Testudines: Podocnemididae) for medicinal purposes in two communities in North of Brazil [PDF]

, 2008
Background Throughout Brazil a large number of people seek out reptiles for their meat, leather, ornamental value and supposed medicinal importance. However, there is a dearth of information on the use of reptiles in folk medicine.
A Davis, C Fantin, CFCBR Almeida, CITES – Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, D Moll, DF Cisneros-Heredia, EM Costa-Neto, FC Freire, Gindomar G Santana, H Wermuth, HP Huntington, J Fretey, JJ Parsons, JM Coutinho, KM Conway, MD Jenkins, MM Mahawar, MT Rodrigues, MW Klemens, NJH Smith, NJH Smith, P Shanley, PE Vanzolini, PE Vázquez, RRN Alves, RRN Alves, RRN Alves, RRN Alves, RRN Alves, RRN Alves, RRN Alves, RRN Alves, RRN Alves, Rômulo RN Alves, Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica, Turtle Conservation Fund, UP Albuquerque, VJ Burke, Z Zhou   +38 more
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Ethnozoological study of animals based medicine used by traditional healers and indigenous inhabitants in the adjoining areas of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2017
Background India has an immense faunal, floral, as well as cultural diversity with many ethnic communities who are primarily dependent on the traditional medicinal system for their primary health care.
Manash Pratim Borah, Surya Bali Prasad
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnozoological study of traditional medicinal appreciation of animals and their products among the indigenous people of Metema Woreda, North-Western Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2018
Background Using animals for different purposes goes back to the dawn of mankind. Animals served as a source of food, medicine, and clothing for humans and provided other services.
Fasil Adugna Kendie, Sileshi Andualem Mekuriaw, Melkamu Andargie Dagnew   +2 more
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Données ethnozoologiques sur l’utilisation des oiseaux dans la médecine traditionnelle chez le peuple Gouro de la Marahoué de Côte d’Ivoire (Afrique de l’Ouest)

VertigO, 2017
An inventory of the birds used in the traditional pharmacopeia of the Gouro people of Côte d’Ivoire was carried out in 19 villages of the area of Marahoué, in the western center of the country, during five months, from august 2010 to december 2010 and 15
Tih Mathieu Koue Bi , K.H Yaokokoré-Beibro, Benoît Kouadio Kasse, Philippe Kouassi Kouassi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of black vulture (Coragyps atratus) in complementary and alternative therapies for cancer in Colombia: A qualitative study

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2012
Background Although Coragyps atratus has been used as a traditional therapy for patients with cancer, the scientific literature does not contain enough information on how this therapy is used or the mechanisms that explain this therapeutic practice ...
Sánchez-Pedraza Ricardo, Gamba-Rincón Magda R, González-Rangel Andrés L   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fish-based remedies in Spanish ethnomedicine: a review from a historical perspective [PDF]

, 2014
Antecedentes: Una base de pescado terapéutico está basada principalmente en un uso dietético, pero estos vertebrados también se han empleado en el tratamiento de las enfermedades infecciosas y parasitarias, durante el embarazo, parto, puerperio y para ...
González González, José Antonio, Vallejo Villalobos, José Ramón   +1 more
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TRADITIONAL HEALING WITH ANIMALS (ZOOTHERAPY) BY THE MAJOR ETHNIC GROUP OF KARBI ANGLONG DISTRICT OF ASSAM, INDIA [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: To survey and document the traditional knowledge related to medicinal uses of animals among the ethnic groups in Karbi Anglong district of Assam.
Arjun, Jashodeb, Prasad, Surya Bali, Rongpi, Thengtom, Verma, Akalesh Kumar   +3 more
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CULTURAL AND ETHNO-MEDICINAL UTILIZATION OF SELECTED WILDLIFE SPECIES IN UMUAHIA, ABIA STATE, NIGERIA [PDF]

, 2020
Wild animals have been integral parts of people's psyche, art and culture from the past. Wildlife use invarious medicinal preparations as element of people's cultural practices is also dated to untraceablepast. Wildlife irrespective of their evolutionary
Mustafa, M.O
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