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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
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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
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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
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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
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Medicinal use of insects in the county of Pedra Branca, Santa Terezinha, Bahia, Brazil [PDF]

Biotemas, 2005
This paper deals with the use of insects as medicinal resources by inhabitants of the county of Pedra Branca, which is located in the interior of Bahia State, northeastern Brazil.
Josué Marques Pacheco, Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto   +1 more
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A systematic mapping review of links between handling wild meat and zoonotic diseases. [PDF]

One Health, 2023
Tumelty L, Fa JE, Coad L, Friant S, Mbane J, Kamogne CT, Tata CY, Ickowitz A.   +7 more
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Therapeutic resources used by traditional communities of the Brazilian Amazon: a scoping review

Rural and Remote Health
Introduction: The traditional communities of the Brazilian Amazon possess significant knowledge regarding the huge therapeutic arsenal available from natural sources that can be used to care for their health problems.
Altair De Farias, Fabíola de Carvalho , Franciane Farias, Joseir Cristino , Alicia Patrine dos Santos , Vinícius Machado, Sediel Ambrosio , Wuelton Monteiro , Jacqueline Sachett   +8 more
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The interest to expand group-based studies with single-case experimental design studies in the investigation of the effects of physical exercise in frail older adults: an opinion article. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2023
Agbangla NF, Caby I, Albinet CT.
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Zootherapeutic uses of animals excreta: the case of elephant dung and urine use in Sayaboury province, Laos. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2021
Dubost JM, Kongchack P, Deharo E, Sysay P, Her C, Vichith L, Sébastien D, Krief S.   +7 more
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