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| Title: | Ethno-veterinary practices used for the treatment of animal diseases in Doda district, Jammu & Kashmir |
| Authors: | Khateeb, Adil Masood Khandi, Shafkat Ahmad Kumar, Pranav Bhadwal, MS Jeelani, Rizwan |
| Keywords: | Pastoralists Indigenous technical knowledge Animal treatment Traditional healers |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2015 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61D, A61K, A61K 36/00 |
| Abstract: | The study was conducted in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir state (India) to create a database of the indigenous technical knowledge practices used by the pastoralists for the treatment of animal diseases. The data was collected with the help of a structured interview schedule through personal interview technique. Sixty indigenous technical knowledge practices were identified and documented. A total of 38 species of plants and ingredients used for treatment of 24 different ailments were documented. Of the total 60 documented remedies, 7 were for the treatment of diarrhoea, 6 for bloat, 5 for indigestion, 4 for wound healing, 3 each for fever, stomach ache, jaundice, liver problems, haematuria, internal injury and cough, 2 each for yoke gall, pneumonia, colic, anaemia and one each for dysentery, abscess, stomatitis, oliguria, pleuritis, vomiting, urolithiasis, constipation and abscess maturation. |
| Page(s): | 306-312 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.14(2) [April 2015] |
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