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Ethnoveterinary practices amongst tribal pig farmers in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, India

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Title Ethnoveterinary practices amongst tribal pig farmers in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, India
 
Creator Doley, Monuj Kumar
Maibangs, Subal
Baruah, Neethi
Neog, Manoranjan
Shyam, Janmoni
Hazarika, Ritam
Pathak, Prasanna Kumar
 
Subject Diarrhoea
Ethnoveterinary practices
Fever
Fracture
Tribal pig farmers
 
Description 558-568
Folk traditional knowledge and practices are very rich and popular among the tribal farmers in different agricultural
practices. The community-based cross-sectional study was carried out to know about pig farming patterns, ethnoveterinary
knowledge and practices among various tribal pig farmers in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, India. Various field data
pertaining to pig management were collected through personnel interviews, pre-tested semi-structured questionnaires,
participatory rural appraisal, group discussions and field visits. This study attempted to evaluate the potential use of
medicinal plants and their by-products as feed ingredients and traditional folk medicine. A total of 40 species of
ethnoveterinary medicinal plants were recorded which are principally used to cure various major and minor ailments like
fracture, parasitic infestation, maggot wound, diarrhoea, fever, etc. The use of locally available feed ingredients will help in
the exploration of forest resources, minimize production costs. The present study recorded a total of 21 wild plant species
which are used for feeding pigs with the most frequently used species belonging to Broussonetia papyrifera, Colocasia
esculenta, Alternanthera sessilis, etc. The study will help the farmers, environmentalists, researchers, and other stakeholders
to identify, document, familiarize and a better understanding of the distribution of rich medicinal plants in the hill region.
 
Date 2022-07-28T11:46:25Z
2022-07-28T11:46:25Z
2022-07
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60198
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.22: A61K 36/00, A61K 45/00
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.21(3) [July 2022]