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| Title: | Plants used in traditional healthcare of livestock by Gujjar community of Sub-Himalayan tracts, Uttarakhand, India |
| Authors: | Gaur, R D
Sharma, Jyotsana
Painuli, R M |
| Keywords: | Ethnoveterinary
Gujjars
Medicinal plants
Sub-Himalayan zone
Traditional livestock healthcare
Uttarakhand |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2010 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl.8 ¾ A61K 36/00 |
| Abstract: | The present paper highlights the indigenous
knowledge on the ethnoveterinary medicinal plants used by the Gujjar
community of Sub-Himalayan tracts in Garhwal Himalaya. This tribe is a nomadic
one, lives with their livestock’s in the forests, roaming from one place to
other in different habitats. Their herds of livestock constituted a substantive
role, as their economy is totally dependent on selling milk and other dairy
products. They are dependent on the surrounding vegetational wealth for the
treatment of various ailments of their livestock, following traditionally based
knowledge system. They also have distinct folk concepts regarding the diagnosis
of cattle ailments. The following study includes 54 plant species belonging to
32 families, commonly employed in ethnoveterinary practices by the community. |
| Page(s): | 243-248 |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.1(2) [June 2010]
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