Utilization and Traditional Knowledge of Ethno- Veterinary Medicinal Plants in Tehri District of Garhwal Himalaya, India
01/2013; 462:2051-426300.
ABSTRACT
A survey for documentation of ethno-veterinary medicinal plants used by
the farmer community to cure animal diseases in Tehri District of
Garhwal Himalaya. Two Gram Sabha viz. Tokoli and Quali and three
villages under each Gram sabha were randomly selected for the study.
Ethno-veterinary information was gathered through individual interviews
and personal observations among the farmer community. A total of 35
species of ethno-veterinary medicinal plants belongs to 26 families and
34 genera were recorded in the study with the help of ethno-veterinary
traditional healers. These 35 medicinal plant species were dominated by
herbaceous flora and were used to cure almost 30 different diseases.
Leaves were dominant part of the plant used to cure different livestock
diseases. Traditional healers relay on visual, audio and tactile senses
to establish a diagnosis and on rare occasions the diagnosis failed and
cause death of animal in acute pain. The result of the present study
highlighted that the knowledge on medicinal plants for the animal
treatment is deteriorating day by day, so the efforts should be taken
for the conservation of these medicinal plants as well as the
traditional knowledge.