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Monteiro,Maria Vivina Barros; Bevilaqua,Claudia Maria Leal; Palha,Maria das Dores Correia; Braga,Roberta Rocha; Schwanke,Katiane; Rodrigues,Silvane Tavares; Lameira,Osmar Alves. |
There have been ethnoveterinary reports from around the world investigating plant usage in therapeutic protocols; however, there is no information regarding the ethnoveterinary practices in Brazilian Amazonia. The objective of this work was to register and document the ethnoveterinary knowledge of the inhabitants of the Island of Marajó, eastern Amazonia, Brazil. In the study, interviews were conducted with 50 individuals, with the application of semi-structured questionnaires that were quantitatively analyzed using descriptive statistic methods of frequency distribution. Use-value was calculated to determine the most important species. Samples of plants that were reported to have medicinal value were collected and identified by botanical classification.... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Brazilian Amazonia; Ethnobotany; Folk veterinary medicine; Medicinal plants. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672011000200007 |
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