Four footed pharmacists: Indications of self-medicating livestock in Karamoja, Uganda

Economic Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-42

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

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Albizia anthelmintica; Animal self medication; Ethnobotany; Ethnoveterinary knowledge; Pastoralists; Pharmacopoeia; Zoopharmacognosy

Indexed keywords

ALBIZIA ANTHELMINTICA; ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 61349146222     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-008-9058-z     Document Type: Article

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