Original Research Article I Volume 5 I Issue 1 I 2017

Exploration of ethno-veterinary medicinal plants used by tribal and rural communities of Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India

Mamta Bharti, Brij M. Upreti, and Lalit. M .Tewari

Biolife; 2017, 5(1), pp 20-27

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353938

Abstract:

Ethno-Veterinary Medicine (EVM) or Veterinary Anthropology refers to holistic and interdisciplinary study of traditional knowledge, skills, methods, practices and folk beliefs of the people about the health care, healthful husbandry and production of livestock (Yadav, 2014, Mc Corkle, 1986, 1996). This study aims to document information about ethno-botanical information and its traditional use by the local inhabitant for the treatment of livestock in different villages of Nainital district, Uttarakhand.

Keywords:

Ethno-Veterinary Medicine (EVM), ethno-botanical information, Ethno-Veterinary plants, livestock, folk beliefs, socioeconomic value, Traditional hillers.

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Article Dates:

Received: 2 January 2017; Accepted: 19 February 2017; Published: 2 March 2017

How To Cite:

Mamta Bharti, Brij M. Upreti, & Lalit. M .Tewari. (2022). Exploration of ethno-veterinary medicinal plants used by tribal and rural communities of Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India. Biolife, 5(1), 20–27. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353938

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