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| Klarer, F.; Stöger, E.; Bubenhofer, R.; Walkenhorst, M.; Meier, B.. |
| Introduction: In Switzerland, the administration of medicinal plants to livestock is almost completely confined to the use of home remedies. To save this traditional knowledge, which has been handed down through word of mouth, a project aims to collect this information from different regions of Switzerland. Grison home remedies have been evaluated to decide whether or not they can be recommended. Methods: 32 current or former Grison livestock keepers (average age 59 years) provided information on the home remedies they use or have used to maintain the health of their cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and horses and to treat them. The data collection was conducted by interview (28 on-site, 3 by phone, 1 in writing) with a standardised questionnaire about... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Production systems; Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/25310/1/klarer-etal-2013-PlantaMedica-79-PL11.pdf |
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| Mayer, M.; Zbinden, M.; Vogl, C. R.; Ivemeyer, S.; Meier, B.; Amorena, M.; Maeschli, A.; Hamburger, M.; Walkenhorst, M.. |
| BACKGROUND: Ethnoveterinary knowledge in Europe may play an important role as a basis for sustainable treatment options for livestock. Aims of our study were (a) to compare the ethnoveterinary practices of two culturally and sociodemographically different regions of Switzerland, (b) to compare results with earlier ethnoveterinary studies conducted in Switzerland and in adjacent Italian regions and, (c) to evaluate possible reasons for regional differences in European ethnoveterinary medicine. METHODS: 25 interviews were conducted in 2014 in all Italian speaking regions (ItR) of Switzerland, and 31 interviews were held in five north-western German speaking Cantons (GeC). Semi-structured questionnaires were used to collect detailed information regarding... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry; Health and welfare; Switzerland; Germany. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/34516/1/mayer-etal-2017_J%20EthnobiolEthnomed-Vol13-Issue1-p1-23.pdf |
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