Ethnoveterinary Medicine and Indigenous Pharmacopoeia of Passoré Province in Burkina Faso
- 25 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 916 (1), 259-264
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05298.x
Abstract
A study of traditional animal health care practices in Passoré province of Burkina Faso led to the characterization of 24 diseases, together with their local names, causes of their appearance, and their treatment. Most (95%) of the medicinal recipes used to treat affected animals were based on plants.Keywords
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