Neto Eraldo Medeiros Costa
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, BA 44031-460.
Cien Saude Colet. 2011;16 Suppl 1:1639-50. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232011000700100.
This article deals with the use of animals as medicinal resources in Bahia State, Northeastern Brazil. The data come from a processional evaluation of academic performance, since it was an exercise requested by the professor of the discipline Ethnobiology (2007.2 semester) to the students of the course Bahia State Teachers' Undergraduation of Feira de Santana State University. They were asked to make a brief survey, in their respective cities, on the use of animals as medicines. Forty-one students, from 21 cities of the country of Bahia State, have participated with data. A total of 95 animals (common names) were recorded, from which 17 are new additions to the list of medicinal animal species already published. The recording of the use of animals as folk medicines in the state of Bahia provides a significant contribution to the phenomenon of zootherapy, because it opens a space to debate about conservation biology, health public policies, sustainable management of natural resources, bioprospection, and patent. It is necessary to carry out more ethnozoological studies both to comprehend the true importance of zootherapy to the traditional communities and to develop some strategies of sustainable management and use of animal species, especially for those under risk of extinction.
本文探讨了巴西东北部巴伊亚州将动物用作药用资源的情况。数据来自一次学业成绩的阶段性评估，因为这是民族生物学学科教授（2007年第二学期）要求费拉德桑塔纳州立大学巴伊亚州教师本科课程的学生进行的一项作业。他们被要求在各自城市就动物作为药物的用途进行简要调查。来自巴伊亚州21个城市的41名学生参与并提供了数据。总共记录了95种动物（俗名），其中17种是已发表的药用动物物种名单中的新增物种。巴伊亚州将动物用作民间药物的记录为动物疗法这一现象做出了重要贡献，因为它为关于保护生物学、卫生公共政策、自然资源可持续管理、生物勘探和专利的辩论开辟了空间。有必要开展更多的民族动物学研究，以了解动物疗法对传统社区的真正重要性，并制定一些可持续管理和利用动物物种的策略，特别是对于那些面临灭绝风险的物种。
