Medical pluralism and livestock health: Ethnomedical and biomedical veterinary knowledge among East African agropastoralists

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Caudell, Mark A ^a   Quinlan, Marsha B ^a   Quinlan, Robert J ^a   Call, Douglas R ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Agropastoralists; Cultural consensus; East Africa; Ethiopia; Ethnoveterinary medicine; Medical pluralism; One Health; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOVINE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; TANZANIA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85009957647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-017-0135-1     Document Type: Article

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