Ethnoveterinary practices of owners of pneumatic-cart pulling camels in Faisalabad City (Pakistan)

An inventory of the ethnoveterinary practices for reproductive disorders in cattle and buffaloes, Sargodha district of Pakistan

“…Ethnobotanical data provide a basis for further validation of practices and plant uses in the context of a professional approach to ethnoveterinary medicine (Muhammad et al, 2005). The following lacunae, therefore, present themselves as future imperatives:…”

Ethnoveterinary practices for the treatment of parasitic diseases in livestock in Cholistan desert (Pakistan)

“…Oral transmission of knowledge is typical for ethnomedicine (Gueye, 1997), and in particular the EVM as scarce information is available in written form on livestock diseases in Pakistan. Some reports on folk veterinary practices have been published during the last few years (Lans et al, 2000;Viegi et al, 2003;Katewa et al, 2004;Muhammad et al, 2005;Bowman, 2006;Njorogue and Bussmann, 2006).…”

Animal-based medicines used in ethnoveterinary practices in the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil

“…According to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the lack of drugs to treat diseases and infections results in losses of 30-35% in the breeding sector of many developing Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (2012) 84(3): 669-678 (Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences) Printed version ISSN 0001-3765 / Online version ISSN 1678-2690 www.scielo.br/aabc countries, where poor animal health remains the major constraint to increased production (FAO 2002). Problems of service delivery to such groups are often exacerbated by a multitude of other factors (Muhammad et al 2005), and these factors have helped to maintain traditional treatment practices in these countries and fostered research on this subject (Muhammad et al 2005). The extension of conventional medical/veterinary services is particularly difficult and costly in developing world nations where the necessary infrastructure (roads, clinics, labs, cold chains, etc.)…”