Medicinal animals used in ethnoveterinary practices of the 'Cariri Paraibano', NE Brazil
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Medicinal animals used in ethnoveterinary practices of the 'Cariri Paraibano', NE Brazil
BACKGROUND Zootherapy is important in various socio-cultural environments, and innumerous examples of the use of animal derived remedies can currently be found in many urban, semi-urban and more remote localities in all parts of the world, particularly in developing countries. However, although a number of ethnobiological inventories concerning the use of medicinal animals in human health care ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1746-4269
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-30