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| Bischoff, Tinetta; Vogl, Christian R.; Ivemeyer, Silvia; Klarer, Franziska; Meier, Beat; Hamburger, Matthias; Walkenhorst, Michael. |
| The use of medicinal plants and other natural multicomponent remedies might be one measure to reduce the use of antibiotics in livestock. Ethnoveterinary research has the potential to identify promising natural remedies. The knowledge about remedies for livestock was collected from farmers in six central Swiss cantons, Glarus, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Schwyz, Zug and Uri. Between February and April 2013 49 interviews with 63 farmers (25 females and 38 males, aged 24–74) were conducted. We collected information on the manufacturing of 370 homemade remedies. Of these, 114 contained no plants, 26 contained a mixture of two to five plants, and 230 contained one plant species (defined as homemade single-herbal remedy report (HSHR)). These 230 HSHRs represented 68... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/34521/1/bischoff-etal-2016-LivestockScience-Vol189-p110%E2%80%93125.pdf |
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