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Research Paper | Botany | India | Volume 4 Issue 6, June 2015
Ethno-Veterinary Health Care Plants in Jagalur Taluk of Davangere District, South India
T.R. Parashurama | Kavyashree S [3]
Abstract: People living in rural areas are having traditional health care practices which are valuable knowledge for maintain human health and animal health, hence present investigation has been made to document the Traditional veterinary health care knowledge of local communities in Jagalur Taluk of Davangere district, Karnataka. The present study revealed that, a total of 121 medicinal plant species belongs to 117 genera and 54 families used for animal health care. The 40 different ailment types were documented as veterinary health problems in study area. The major and most widespread diseases according to the informants include 14 plant species were used for the treatment of bloat disease, 14 plants for fever, 12 plants for dysentery, 10 plants for lack of appetite and 9 plants for foot and mouth disease, 7 species for bone fracture and dislocation of bones. Of the 121 recorded plant species frequently applied plant species against veterinary ailments. Proper documentation of this type of indigenous knowledge about the plants could be supportive in achievement of sustainable threatened of endangered medicinal herbs and conservation aspect with future research.
Keywords: Ethno-veterinary, Medicinal plants, Jagalur taluk, South India
Edition: Volume 4 Issue 6, June 2015,
Pages: 2963 - 2971
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