Documentation and determination of consensus about phytotherapeutic veterinary practices among the Tharu tribal community of Uttar Pradesh, India

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 863-872

  Kumar, Akhilesh ^a,b   Pandey, Vimal Chandra ^a,c   Tewari, Divya Darshan ^a  

^a Maharani Lal Kunwari Post Graduate College   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Crude drug formulations; Ethnoveterinary; F IC; Medicinal plants; Tharu tribal community; Veterinary healthcare

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; VETERINARY DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CONSENSUS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY DRUGS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BAMBUSA; BAMBUSA BAMBOS; BOMBAX; BOMBAX CEIBA; CEIBA; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DATURA; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; SATIVUM;

EID: 84857688900     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9979-x     Document Type: Article

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