Natural remedies and nutraceuticals used in ethnoveterinary practices in Inland Southern Italy

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-80

  Pieroni, A ^a,b   Howard, P ^b   Volpato, G ^b   Santoro, R F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basilicata; Ethnoveterinary; Italy; Lucania; Medicinal plants; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CISTUS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DAPHNE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; ITALY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATUROPATHY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ACER; ANIMALIA; CISTUS; CISTUS INCANUS; COLUTEA ARBORESCENS; DAPHNE; DAPHNE LAUREOLA; ERIGERON; LAUREOLA; LUCANIA;

EID: 0742289945     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VERC.0000009535.96676.eb     Document Type: Article

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