Ethnoveterinary treatments by dromedary camel herders in the Suleiman Mountainous Region in Pakistan: An observation and questionnaire study

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Raziq, Abdul ^a   de Verdier, Kerstin ^b   Younas, Muhammad ^c  

^a President of Society of Animal   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FAISALABAD   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CAMEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMELS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; OBSERVATION; PAKISTAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 77953654164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-6-16     Document Type: Article

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