Uso de animais como zooterápicos: uma questão bioética [PDF]
História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2017 Resumo Aborda questões éticas no uso de animais como zooterápicos, que, embora documentado há séculos para múltiplas culturas e resistente ao processo de desenvolvimento urbano e tecnológico, congrega uma pluralidade de agentes morais e vulneráveis ...
Marta Luciane Fischer +2 more
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Use of Animal-Derived Products for Medicinal and Belief-Based Purposes in Urban Cities of Southwestern Nigeria: A One Health Perspective [PDF]
AnimalsZootherapy is a significant component of traditional medicine in many parts of the world. This study investigated the therapeutic and belief-based use of wildlife in urban settings in Southwest Nigeria, assessing its potential implications for One Health.
Samuel N. Akpan +15 more
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Zootherapy and rural livestock farmers in semiarid Patagonia: The transfer of animal aptitudes for health [PDF]
Ethnobiology and Conservation, 2018 This work investigates the therapeutic value of animals to rural farmers who live on the central plateau of Chubut, Argentina. Open and indepth interviews were carried out with 35 rural farmers from Sierra Rosada, Sierra Ventana, El Escorial and Telsen ...
Castillo, Lucía Daniela +1 more
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Reptiles sold as traditional medicine in Xipamanine and Xiquelene Markets (Maputo, Mozambique) [PDF]
South African Journal of Science, 2016 Zootherapy plays a role in healing practices in Mozambican society. Although several studies have focused on ethnobotany and traditional medicine in the country, little research has been conducted on the use of reptiles in zootherapy.
Vivienne L. Williams +2 more
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Ethnopharmacological uses of fauna among the people of central Punjab, Pakistan [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIntroductionThe utilization of fauna and fauna-based byproducts in ethnomedicinal usages has been a longstanding human activity, practiced across various cultures worldwide.
Abdul Majid Khan +18 more
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Assessment of the influence of hypotherapy on psychosocial development of children until 18 years old [PDF]
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019 Introduction. Hippotherapy is one of the most popular forms of zootherapy. The ability to provide a disabled person with a close contact with a horse has a strong impact on the emotional, cognitive, social and physical spheres.
Patrycja Woźniak +1 more
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Healing with Risks: How Zoonotic Potential Influences the Use of Wild Mammals in Traditional Medicine [PDF]
PathogensMost infectious diseases affecting humans are zoonotic in origin, with mammals serving as the main reservoirs. Frequent interactions between humans and animals, especially in the context of their use for food, medicine, and other purposes, pose ...
Heliene Mota Pereira +5 more
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Wildlife as Food and Medicine in Brazil: A Neglected Zoonotic Risk? [PDF]
PathogensThe practice of consuming wild fauna in Brazil is both culturally and socioeconomically questionable. Wild animals and their byproducts are sought for nutritional, medicinal, and/or supernatural reasons, with some taxa (e.g., songbirds) being kept as ...
Caio Graco Zeppelini +5 more
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Zootherapeutic uses of animals excreta: the case of elephant dung and urine use in Sayaboury province, Laos [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2021 Background Despite a widespread aversion towards faeces and urine, animal excreta are used in traditional medicine in many countries since centuries, but records are scattered and few therapeutic uses have been accurately documented while in the current ...
Jean-Marc Dubost +7 more
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