Observations on ethnoveterinary medicines in Trinidad and Tobago

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-142

  Lans, Cheryl ^a   Brown, Gabriel ^b  

^a University of the West Indies ^*  (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Ethnoveterinary medicine; Folk medicine; Participatory research; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA; ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYLLUM; CITRUS; KALANCHOE PINNATA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SCHOOL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; FOCUS GROUPS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; SCHOOLS, VETERINARY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0032061653     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00055-X     Document Type: Article

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