Animals to heal animals: Ethnoveterinary practices in semiarid region, Northeastern Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Confessor, Maine V A ^a   Mendonça, Lívia E T ^a   Mourão, José S ^a   Alves, Rômulo R N ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BRAZIL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; ORGANOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 71949123757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-5-37     Document Type: Article

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