Treating Livestock with Medicinal Plants:
Beneficial or Toxic?
Other Resources on Medicinal Plants and
Ethnoveterinary Medicine
Ethnoveterinary medicine is a growing area of
research. More and more scientists, veterinary practitioners, field
workers in developing countries, and livestock owners are becoming
interested in medicinal plants. A simplistic definition for
ethnoveterinary medicine is: local or indigenous knowledge and
methods for caring for, healing, and managing livestock. This
includes social practices and ways in which livestock are
incorporated into farming systems.
There are lots of resources on medicinal plants. Here are just a
few that I find interesting.
Resources on the Web
- USDA - Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and
Ethnobotanical Databases
- The Alternative
Medicine Homepage
- Medicinal Herb Information
- Plant
Data Bases
- Alternative Veterinary Medicine
Resources
- Quack Medicine Watch
- AltVetMed
Resources not on the Web
- Proceedings of an International Conference on Traditional
Medicinal Plants. 1991. Chief ed. K.E. Mshigeni. The United
Republic of Tanzania, Ministry of Health. Dar Es Salaam University
Press.
- Ethnoveterinary Research and Development. 1996. Eds.
C.M. McCorkle, E. Mathias, and T.W. Schillhorn van Veen.
Intermediate Technology Pubs., London.
- Chemistry, Biological and Pharmacological Properties of
African Medicinal Plants. 1996. Proceedings of the first
International IOCD-Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Feb. 25-28,
1996. Eds. K. Hostettmann, F. Chinyanganya, M. Maillard, and J.L.
Wolfender. University of Zimbabwe Pubs.
- Ethnoveterinary Medicine in Asia: An Information Kit on
Traditional Animal Health Care Practices, 4 vols. 1994.
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Silang, Cavite,
Philippines.
- Natural Veterinary Medicine: Ectoparasites in the
Tropics. 1990. Uly Matzigkeit. AGRECOL. Margraf, Weikersheim,
Germany.
- Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs Part 1 and 2. 1992.
Eds. P.A.G.M. De Smet, K. Keller, R. Hansel, and R.F. Chandler.
Springer-Verlag, NY.
- Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: Principles
and Practice. 1998. Eds. Allen M. Schoen and Susan G. Wynn.
Mosby, St. Louis, MO.
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