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| Title: | Traditional goat health management practices in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh |
| Authors: | Singh, Ram
Misri, Bimal |
| Keywords: | Ethnoveterinary practices
Folk medicine
Gaddis tribes
Goat health management
Herbal remedies
Himachal Pradesh
Livestock
Medicinal plants |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P1/04, A61P1/10, A61P17/02, A61P19/00, A61P27/14, A61P27/16, A61P29/00, A61P31/00, A61P33/00, A61P33/14, A61P37/08 |
| Abstract: | Animals are reared under two systems, viz. the sedentary and
the migratory/ transhumant in Chamba district. The fodder needs of the animals
are met through traditional feed resources, but the migratory system of animal
rearing is totally dependent on grazing in natural grasslands. The grasslands
have been infested with numerous poisonous plants, causing poisoning to animals
due to heavy grazing. Some of these poisonous plants are quite fatal and are
major causes of livestock mortality and morbidity as veterinary services are
not adequately available to provide health cover to all the animals. The
farmers have to travel long distances to get their animals treated in the
veterinary dispensaries. The farmers have devised their own traditional methods
of treating the animals. They possess some knowledge based ethnoveterinary
practices and able to distinguish the poisonous and medicinal plants to cure
diseases. The communication aims at presenting the traditional animal health
management practices used by the farmers with special reference to goat health
in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. |
| Page(s): | 373-375 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.05(3) [July 2006]
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