Ethnoveterinary research & development

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Ethnoveterinary research & development

edited by Constance M. McCorkle, Evelyn Mathias and Tjaart W. Schillhorn Van Veen

(IT studies in indigenous knowledge and development)

Intermediate Technology Publications, 1996

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Includes bibliography : p [283] - 322

Includes index

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Description

From sociocultural, political-economic, and environmental as well as biomedical viewpoints, the book presents reviews and case studies of traditional veterinary knowledge and practice, along with historical perspectives, theoretical discussions and research methodologies. The 23 chapters span 10 major species of animal domesticates raised by more than 80 ethnic groups in nearly 40 nations of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, covering nearly 100 diseases and more than 300 medicinal plants and other traditional materia medica. Provides researchers, development professionals, and policymakers working in agricultural and rural development with insights,ideas and approaches to the subject. Published in the Indigenous Knowledge and Development series.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction: Ethnoveterinary Research and Development 1
  • EVELYN MATHIAS, CONSTANCE M. McCORKLE AND
  • TJAART SCH1LLH0RN VAN VEEN
  • PART I PERSPECTIVES ON ETHNOVETERINARY R 2. Sense or Nonsense? Traditional Methods of Animal Disease
  • Prevention and Control in the African Savannah 25
  • TJAART W. SCH1LLH0RN VAN VEEN
  • 3. Ancient and Modern Veterinary Beliefs, Practices and Practitioners
  • among Nile Valley Peoples 37
  • CALVIN W. SCHWABE
  • 4. Recourse to Traditional Versus Modern Medicine for Cattle and
  • People in Sidama, Ethiopia 46
  • MAURO GHIROTTI
  • 5. Ethnotoxicology among Nigerian Agropastoralists 54
  • MAMMAN A. IBRAHIM
  • 6. / Stand for My Horse: Equine Husbandry and Healthcare among
  • some North American Indians 60
  • ELIZABETH ATWOOD LAWRENCE
  • 1. Tradition and Modernity: French Shepherds' Use of Medicinal
  • Bouquets 76
  • ANNE-MARIE BRISEBARRE
  • 8. The Interpenetration of Endogenous and Exogenous in Saami
  • Reindeer Raising 91
  • MYRDENE ANDERSON
  • PART II CASE STUDIES IN ETHNOVETERINARY R 9. Ethno-agroveterinary Perspectives on Poultry Production in
  • Rural Nigeria 103
  • MAMMAN A. IBRAHIM AND PAUL A. ABDU
  • 10. Madosha: Traditional Castration of Bulls in Ethiopia 116
  • MAURO GHIROTTI AND MULATU WOUDYALEW
  • 11. Aspects of Animal Healthcare among Samburu Pastoralists 121
  • CLAIRE HEFFERNAN, ELLEN HEFFERNAN AND CHIP STEM
  • 12. Traditional Management of Camel Health and Disease in North
  • Africa and India 129
  • ILSE KOHLER-ROLLEFSON
  • 13. Ethnoveterinary Pharmacology in India: Past, Present and Future 137
  • JAYVIR ANJARIA
  • 14. Ethnoveterinary Medicine in Western India 148
  • JITENDRA K. MALIK, ASWIN M. THAKER AND
  • ALLAUDDIN AHMAD
  • 15. Banjarese Management of Duck Health and Nutrition 158
  • PATRICIA J. VONDAL
  • 16. Sheep Husbandry and Healthcare among Tzotil
  • Maya Shepherdesses 167
  • RAUL PEREZGROVAS
  • 17. Care of Cattle Versus Sheep in Ireland: South-west Donegal
  • in the Early 1970s 179
  • EUGENIA SHANKLIN
  • PART III METHODS AND APPLICATIONS OF
  • ETHNOVETERINARY R 18. Ethnoveterinary R&D in Production Systems 193
  • CHIP STEM
  • 19. Collection and Use of Ethnoveterinary Data in Community-based
  • Animal Health Programmes 207
  • BARBARA E. GRANDIN AND JOHN YOUNG
  • 20. Methods and Results from a Study of Local Knowledge of Cattle
  • Diseases in Coastal Kenya 229
  • JAMES DELEHANTY
  • 21. Veterinary Science and Savvy among the Ferlo FulBe 246
  • ANGELO-MALIKI BONFIGLIOLI AND YERO D. DIALLO WITH
  • SONJA FAGERB ERG -DIALLO
  • 22. Traditional and Re-applied Veterinary Medicine in East Africa 256
  • DEAN A. ROEPKE
  • 23. Field Trials in Ethnoveterinary R&D: Lessons from the Andes 265
  • CONSTANCE M. McCORKLE AND HERNANDO BAZALAR
  • References 284
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms 323
  • Index 325

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