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1 online resource : illustrations |
Contents |
Methods for evaluating efficacy of medicinal plants / J.N. Eloff & L. McGaw -- Logistical and legal considerations in ethnoveterinary research / M. Chikombero & D. Luseba -- Phytochemical methods / B.I. Kamara -- Preclinical safety studies of medicinal plants / V. Naidoo & J. Seier -- Revitalizing ethnoveterinary medical traditions : a perspective from India / M.N.B. Nair & P.M. Unnikrishnan -- Inventory of traditional veterinary botanicals from around the world / Zafar Iqbal & Abdul Jabbar -- The current status and future prospects of medicinal and aromatic plants in veterinary healthcare in South East Asia / S. Shanmugavelu, M. Mugugaiyah & P. Chandrawathani -- Evidence-based botanicals in North America / Wendy Pearson & Michael Lindinger -- The medicinal use of native North American plants in domestic animals / Ronette Gehring & Kelly Kindscher -- Plants used in animal health care in South and Latin America : an overview / Rãomulo Romeu da Nâobrega Alves [and others] -- A review of ethnoveterinary studies in southern Africa / Viola Maphosa [and others] -- Ethnoveterinary plants used in East Africa / J.B. Githiori & PK Gathumbi -- Herbal medicines for animal health in the Middle East & North Africa / Laèid Boukraa, Hama Benbarek & Mokhtar Benhanifia -- Ethnoveterinary medicine and sustainable livestock management in West Africa / H. Tamboura & C. Okoli -- Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine / Lida Teng, Debbie Shaw & Joanne Barnes -- Ethnoveterinary medical practice in the European Union (EU) : a case study of the Netherlands / Tedje van Asseldonk -- Herbal medicines for pet and companion animals / David R Katerere & Vinny Naidoo |
Summary |
Despite the undoubted success of a scientific approach to pharmaceuticals, the last few decades have witnessed a spectacular rise in interest in herbal medicinal products. This general interest has been followed by increasing scientific and commercial attention that led to the coining of the term ethnopharmacology to describe the scientific discipline investigating the use of these products. Presenting detailed information from all regions of the world, Ethnoveterinary Botanical Medicine provides techniques to evaluate the efficacy of plants used in animal health care and addresses the challen |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Herbs -- Therapeutic use.
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Alternative veterinary medicine.
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Traditional veterinary medicine.
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Ethnobotany.
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Botany, Medical.
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Medicinal plants.
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Animal Diseases -- drug therapy
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Phytotherapy -- veterinary
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Medicine, Traditional
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Plants, Medicinal
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Ethnobotany
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
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Medicinal plants
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Botany, Medical
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Alternative veterinary medicine
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Ethnobotany
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Herbs -- Therapeutic use
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Traditional veterinary medicine
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Katerere, David R.
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Luseba, Dibungi.
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ISBN |
9781420045611 |
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142004561X |
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9780429150586 |
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042915058X |
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