ETHNOVETERINARY PRACTICES- A REVIEW ON PHYTOTHERAPEUTICAL APPROACHES IN TREATMENT OF ANIMALS
Sushmita Shrivastava*, Ashok K. Jain and Rajesh S. Tomar
ABSTRACT
Health and economy are the key features of our life. Livestock are the important part of our economy and therefore their health perspectives are equally important. Healthy animals yield healthy and nutritious products. But the task of keeping animals healthy is not easy as the veterinary facilities are very meager in many of the states of India including Madhya Pradesh. Majority of the dairy personnel and cattle rearers deal with their traditional procedures of healing and treatment for their livestock. Such traditional procedures include the use of ethnoveterinary knowledge i.e. use of plants for the treatment of pet animals. The present paper deals with the review on use of these ethnoveterinary practices in different parts of India as well as abroad by various authors and found to be very effective and reliable.
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