Traditional knowledge about plant, animal, and mineral-based remedies to treat cattle, pigs, horses, and other domestic animals in the Mediterranean island of Sardinia

Autor: Maria Manunta, Giovanni Antonio Re, Giovanna Piluzza, Simonetta Maria Bullitta
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Male
0106 biological sciences
Mediterranean climate
Health (social science)
Swine
Biodiversity
Distribution (economics)
01 natural sciences
Mediterranean ethno-veterinary
Poultry
Animal Diseases
lcsh:Botany
Plant remedies
Socioeconomics
Aged
80 and over
2. Zero hunger
Minerals
Traditional therapeutics
food and beverages
Zoo-therapy
Pets
lcsh:Other systems of medicine
Middle Aged
lcsh:QK1-989
Knowledge
Geography
Italy
Animals
Domestic
Female
Livestock
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Cultural Studies
Mediterranean Islands
Animals
Humans
Horses
Traditional knowledge
Aged
Plants
Medicinal
business.industry
Research
lcsh:RZ201-999
0104 chemical sciences
010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry
Complementary and alternative medicine
Domestic animal
Cattle
Medicine
Traditional
Rural area
business
Phytotherapy
010606 plant biology & botany
Zdroj: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-26 (2018)
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine 14 (2018). doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0250-7
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Simonetta Bullitta, Giovanni Antonio Re, Maria Domenica Iole Manunta and Giovanna Piluzza/titolo:Traditional knowledge about plant, animal, and mineral-based remedies to treat cattle, pigs, horses, and other domestic animals in the Mediterranean island of Sardinia/doi:10.1186%2Fs13002-018-0250-7/rivista:Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine/anno:2018/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume:14
ISSN: 1746-4269
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-018-0250-7
Popis: Background Mediterranean farmers traditionally utilized plants, animals, and minerals sourced locally to treat their animals. Research is needed to understand at what extent such knowledge of domestic animal care still survives and to document such traditions for further developments. Methods We carried out our field study to recover ancient ethno-veterinary practices by means of questionnaires and interviews to farmers in rural areas of the Mediterranean island of Sardinia (Italy). Quantitative indices were used to evaluate the distribution and diversity of the acquired information. Results We report here 98 sources (42 plant taxa, 14 animal-based substances, 15 minerals, and 27 other materials of various origin) emerged from the survey for the care of 41 ailments of cattle, pigs, and horses. Ethno-veterinary treatments, detailed in their formulations and applications, were used against ecto- and endo-parasites, gastrointestinal diseases, heart diseases, viral and bacterial diseases, wounds, sprains, and bruises. Conclusion Our survey can be useful to implement the use of phyto-therapeutics and other remedies of non-herbal origin for diseased animals, and, as elderly farmers held most of the knowledge, it can contribute to the conservation of Mediterranean ethno-veterinary knowledge.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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