Zootherapy as traditional therapeutic strategy in the Cholistan desert of Bahawalpur‐Pakistan [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2023 The use of traditional medicines has tremendously increased over the past few decades. Approximately 80% of the world's population relies on traditional medicines for their primary healthcare needs because of their cost effectiveness and efficiency with ...
Saeed Ahmad +12 more
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Zootherapy as a potential pathway for zoonotic spillover: a mixed-methods study of the use of animal products in medicinal and cultural practices in Nigeria [PDF]
One Health Outlook, 2022 Background Understanding how and why people interact with animals is important for the prevention and control of zoonoses. To date, studies have primarily focused on the most visible forms of human-animal contact (e.g., hunting and consumption), thereby ...
Sagan Friant +10 more
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Pain and Inflammation: Update on Emerging Phytotherapy, Zootherapy, and Nutritional Therapies. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2016 Pain is the most common health challenge that drives patients to consult physicians. Pain and inflammation are usually symptoms of many diseases. Inability to perceive sensory pain may lead to shortened life expectancy and yet excessive pain may result in low quality of life.
Owoyele BV, Yakubu MT, Treister R.
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Beyond Pollination: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) as Zootherapy Keystone Species [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 The keystone species concept is a useful ecological concept to explain how some species exert a strong force on their community structure; this paper strives to expand the definition to include species that are used in zootherapy, i.e., the use of ...
August Easton-Calabria +3 more
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“CURANDERISMO”: HISTORICAL ZOOTHERAPY AMONG CRIOLLO INHABITANTS IN RURAL AREAS OF CÓRDOBA, ARGENTINA [PDF]
Ethnoscientia - Brazilian Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology, 2023 This article presents a compilation and analysis of animal-based remedies included, in the chapter corresponding to Córdoba, in the category of "curanderismo" in the National Folklore Survey (NFS).
Arias Toledo, Bárbara, Trillo, Cecilia
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The faunal drugstore: Animal-based remedies used in traditional medicines in Latin America [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2011 Zootherapy is the treatment of human ailments with remedies made from animals and their products. Despite its prevalence in traditional medical practices worldwide, research on this phenomenon has often been neglected in comparison to medicinal plant ...
Alves Humberto N, Alves Rômulo RN
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Zoopharmacology: A Way to Discover New Cancer Treatments [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2020 Zoopharmacognosy is the multidisciplinary approach of the self-medication behavior of many kinds of animals. Recent studies showed the presence of antitumoral secondary metabolites in some of the plants employed by animals and their use for the same ...
Eva María Domínguez-Martín +3 more
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Nineteenth century zootherapy in Benedictine monasteries of Brazil [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2020 Research on the past use of animals in medicine, particularly in Brazil, is still scarce. This work aimed to perform a dialogical analysis of information retrieved from historical documents composed in the nineteenth century about the therapeutic use of ...
MARIA F.T. MEDEIROS, RÔMULO R.N. ALVES
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Traditional Uses of Animals in the Himalayan Region of Azad Jammu and Kashmir [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Background: The use of animals and animal-derived products in ethnopharmacological applications is an ancient human practice that continues in many regions today.
Maryam Faiz +6 more
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Therapeutic Role of Animals: A Comprehensive Literature Review on the Prevalent Forms and Species in Animal-Assisted Interventions [PDF]
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023 Animals have been valued and used to improve human physical and mental health since ancient times. Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary approach to traditional medicine, involving trained animals.
Dorota Szewczyk +5 more
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