Plants used in traditional healthcare of livestock by <i>Gujjar</i> community of Sub-Himalayan tracts, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract

The present paper highlights the indigenous knowledge on the ethnoveterinary medicinal plants used by the <i>Gujjar</i> 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.