Ethnoveterinary knowledge in pastoral Karamoja, Uganda

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-293

  Grade J T ^a,b   Tabuti, John R S ^c   Van Damme, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Karamoja Christian Ethnoveterinary Program   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Ethnobotany; Ethnoveterinary knowledge; Pastoralists; Pharmacopoeia; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALBIZIA AMARA EXTRACT; ALOE DAWEI EXTRACT; ALOE TWEEDIAE EXTRACT; ASPILIA MOSSAMBICENSIS EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BALANITES AEGYPTIACUS EXTRACT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CAPPARIS EXTRACT; CAPPARIS FASCICULARIS EXTRACT; CAPPARIS TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; CARISSA SPINARUM EXTRACT; CASSIA NIGRICANS EXTRACT; CHASMANTHERA DEPENDENS EXTRACT; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS EXTRACT; COCCINIA ADOENSIS EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA BONGENSIS EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA CANDELABRUM EXTRACT; FAGAROPSIS ANGOLENSIS EXTRACT; HARRISONIA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; KIGELIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; NEORAUTANENIA MITIS EXTRACT; NICOTIANA TABACUM EXTRACT; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; SOLANUM ACULEATISSIMUM EXTRACT; SOLANUM INCANUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARBURGIA SALUTARIS EXTRACT; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALYBEUM EXTRACT;

ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BARK; CHRONIC WOUND; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; HEARTWATER DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEILERIOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UGANDA;

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; BALANITES; BOS; CARISSA; HARRISONIA ABYSSINICA; WARBURGIA SALUTARIS;

EID: 60849098719     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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