Ethno-veterinary practices in Southern India for captive Asian elephant ailments

Jayakumar, S.; Sathiskumar, Selvarasu; Baskaran, Nagarajan; Arumugam, R.; Vanitha, V.

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2017.02.039

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“…Leaves of plants were also collected and stored for winter, which is locally known as skambolunga. Similar preparations were reported by Jayakumar et al (55) from Southern India, and Alawa et al ( 56) also reported a combination of ingredients used by the traditional ethno-veterinary practices from Nigeria.…”

Section: Seasonal Usage Of Plant Resourcessupporting

confidence: 80%

Quantitative ethnoveterinary study on plant resource utilization by indigenous communities in high-altitude regions

Haq

Yaqoob²,

Majeed

et al. 2022

Front. Vet. Sci.

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For millennia, ethnic knowledge has been intricately tied to local biodiversity and woven into the fabric of rural communities. Growing scientific evidence suggests that merging ethnic knowledge with new scientific findings can lead to socially acceptable and environmentally friendly approaches essential for the long-term prosperity of local communities. In the high-altitude region, where livestock raising is a key income source, and plant-based utilization for ethno-veterinary practices is widely practiced. In this context, this study was conducted with the aim of documenting the ethno-veterinary use of plant resources in different bio-geographical regions of Jammu and Kashmir's Himalayas (J & KH). Semi-structured interviews and group discussions were used to collect information. Principal component analysis (PCA) and Pearson correlation were conducted to analyze the data. We documented 148 species from 53 families that locals used for various purposes: medicine, fodder, tonic, antidote, magic, and also used to protect themselves from ectoparasite such as Pediculus humanus capitis by the local inhabitants. There were significant differences in the relative usage of plant resources across the three biogeographic regions. Comparatively, the highest number (41%) of plant species were used for ethnoveterinary in the Jammu region, while the lowest number (28%) of species were used in Kashmir. Across the regions, Kashmir and Jammu had the highest level of species similarity (17%), while Jammu and Ladakh had the lowest (1%). A cross-regional assessment of plant resources revealed that 18% of plants were shared among the regions. The reported use of Amaranthus blitum, Morus alba, Ficus palmata, Vitex negundo, Juniperus semiglobosa, Ulmus wallichiana, and Rumex nepalensis are novel for the ethno-veterinary uses of this part of the Himalayan region. The various dry unique traditional fodder preparations (gaaslov, gass khor, pan baath, kaandbaath, Lovgooad, Karb, and Phungma) from plant resources are reported for the first time from the Himalayan region and can be ascribed to the novelty of this study. Plant resources were not only a source of fodder and medicine but also presented themselves as an opportunity for livelihood generation. Therefore, our findings bridge the knowledge gap by documenting key ethnoveterinary applications of native plant species from the study region that are used to cure livestock diseases and disorders by the mountain inhabitants.

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Section: Seasonal Usage Of Plant Resourcessupporting

confidence: 80%

Quantitative ethnoveterinary study on plant resource utilization by indigenous communities in high-altitude regions

Haq

Yaqoob²,

Majeed

et al. 2022

Front. Vet. Sci.

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“…In India, where there is extensive use of Ayurvedic medicinal practices, there are several veterinary medicinal products that use plants with inputs (Jayakumar, Sathiskumar, Baskaran, Arumugam, & Vanitha, 2017). For example, a mixture of plant powders including Adhatoda visica (Acanthaceae), Terminalia chebula (Combretaceae), and Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae) is commercialized to treat respiratory disorders in sheep and cattle.…”

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Ethnoveterinary for food‐producing animals and related food safety issues: A comprehensive overview about terpenes

Silva

Campanharo

Paschoal

2020

Comp Rev Food Sci Food Safe

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Alternatives to the use of conventional veterinary drugs in food‐producing animals have gained attention, such as the use of natural products (NPs), mainly to soften the risks to the animal, the environment, and consumer's health. Although NPs have consistent advantages over conventional drugs, they cannot be considered risk free under food safety matters. In this way, this document presents a comprehensive overview of the importance of considering both the pharmacological and toxicological properties of the constituents of a NP from plants intending the standardization and regulation of its use in food‐producing animals. Terpenes are the most diverse class of natural substances present in NP of vegetal origin with a broad range of biological activities that can be explored in veterinary science; however, certain plants and terpenes also have significant toxic effects, a fact that can harm the health of animals and consequently generate economic losses and risks for humans. In this context, this review gathered scientific data of vegetal species of importance to ethnoveterinary for food‐producing animals, which produce terpenes, its biological effects, and their implications on food safety issues for consumers. For this, more than 300 documents were selected from different online scientific databases. The present data and discussion may contribute to the rational commercial exploration of this class of NPs in veterinary medicine.

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“…Preparation of databases on ethnoveterinary medicinal knowledge and documentation of related medicinal plants in India are getting priority for its better scientific exploitation, resulting in a vast repository of research and review articles, thesis, and books on this subject (Jain, 1999;Pande et al, 2007;Dey and De, 2010;Galav et al, 2013;Bharali et al, 2015;Khandelwal, 2017). For ethnoveterinary data collection, focuses have been made on a particular ethnic group (Gaur et al, 2010;Kumar et al, 2012;Rajkumari et al, 2014), specific geographical area (Bharati and Sharma, 2010;Lakshminarayana and Rao, 2013;Manoranjotham and Kamaraj, 2016), particular animal group (Das, 2011;Sharma et al, 2012;Shrivastava et al, 2012;Jayakumar et al, 2017), and specific disease or ailment conditions (Mishra, 2013;Chouhan and Ray, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

Inventorization and Consensus Analysis of Ethnoveterinary Medicinal Knowledge Among the Local People in Eastern India: Perception, Cultural Significance, and Resilience

Mandal

Rahaman

2022

Front. Pharmacol.

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Livestock is the main backbone of the rural economy of an agriculture-based country like India. To mitigate the economic loss due to livestock’s poor performance and illness, folk phytotherapy for livestock healthcare is still actively practiced in India. Literature survey revealed that the laterite region of eastern India, characterized by its cultural, ethnic, and biological diversities, as well as topographical uniqueness, lacks comprehensive information on ethnoveterinary medicinal knowledge. The objective of the present study includes documentation of traditional knowledge of ethnoveterinary medicine (EVM) from the northern laterite region in eastern India. Ethnoveterinary medicinal data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire, free listing, and focus group discussions. The factor for informants’ consensus (Fic), fidelity level (FL), and cultural value (CV) index have been employed for quantitative analyses. Jaccard index (JI) was used to check the knowledge similarity. Altogether, 1,234 citations were made by 132 participants. In total, 232 recorded ethnomedicinal species are used for preparing 306 remedies to treat 79 health disorders of livestock. Recorded species are distributed in 92 families, and Fabaceae is identified as the most medicinally diversified. Uses of 24 angiospermic taxa, one pteridophyte, and two fungal species were exclusively new to the existing inventory of Indian traditional ethnoveterinary medicine. In 20 disease categories, the informant consensus (Fic) value ranges from 0.4 to 0.83. According to the FL value and use-mention factor, 23 EVM plants have been identified as the most important species in the respective disease categories. Value of CV index highlighted nine species as culturally most significant (CV ≥ 0.0025 and frequency of citation ≥20) in the laterite region of eastern India. A large extent of recorded data are quite worthy for the Indian folk veterinary medicinal repository. A handful of new data reported here and statistically justified culturally most significant species will provide the golden opportunity for bioprospecting research.

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Ethno-veterinary practices in Southern India for captive Asian elephant ailments

Cited by 11 publications

References 28 publications

Quantitative ethnoveterinary study on plant resource utilization by indigenous communities in high-altitude regions

Quantitative ethnoveterinary study on plant resource utilization by indigenous communities in high-altitude regions

Ethnoveterinary for food‐producing animals and related food safety issues: A comprehensive overview about terpenes

Inventorization and Consensus Analysis of Ethnoveterinary Medicinal Knowledge Among the Local People in Eastern India: Perception, Cultural Significance, and Resilience

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