By David R. Katerere, Dibungi Luseba
1st Edition
Despite the undoubted success of a
scientific approach to pharmaceuticals, the last few decades have
witnessed a spectacular rise in interest in herbal medicinal products.
This general interest has been followed by increasing scientific and
commercial attention that led to the coining of the term
ethnopharmacology to describe the scientific discipline investigating
the use of these products. Presenting detailed information from all
regions of the world, Ethnoveterinary Botanical Medicine
provides techniques to evaluate the efficacy of plants used in animal
health care and addresses the challenges faced by researchers and
practitioners in the field.
This book features a
multidisciplinary approach to examining the role of herbal medicines in
companion and domestic animals and the scientific underpinnings of
ethnoveterinary practice. The text also covers matters relating to
access benefit sharing, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),
intellectual property, and the skills required to navigate the minefield
of bioprospecting. The editors have collated information not often
found in the English literature from China, Southeast Asia, francophone
Africa and South America.
They also explore the emerging use of herbals
for pets with a case study from the European Union, highlighting this
important area which will spur the growth in ethnoveterinary research
due to its commercial potential.
Although many references cover
ethnoveterinary medicine in some form or another, none give it the
intense scrutiny and scientific input found in this book. With chapters
on biological assays, efficacy testing, and phytochemistry, the book
presents hard scientific information in accessible and readable
language. The editors have gathered a panel of veterinary clinicians,
animal scientists, pharmacists, chemists and ethnobotanists who have
years of experience working with farmers and pastoralists, making this
book quite possibly the first detailed compendium on the plants used in
animal health care in all regions of the world.
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