CONICET, Museo de Antropología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Hipólito Irigoyen 174, Córdoba, Argentina.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2011 Aug 4;7(1):23. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-7-23.
This is a first description of the main ethnoveterinary features of the peasants in the Sierras de Córdoba. The aim of this study was to analyze the use of medicinal plants and other traditional therapeutic practices for healing domestic animals and cattle. Our particular goals were to: characterize veterinary ethnobotanical knowledge considering age, gender and role of the specialists; interpret the cultural features of the traditional local veterinary medicine and plant uses associated to it; compare the plants used in traditional veterinary medicine, with those used in human medicine in the same region.
Fieldwork was carried out as part of an ethnobotanic regional study where 64 informants were interviewed regarding medicinal plants used in veterinary medicine throughout 2001-2010. Based participant observation and open and semi-structured interviews we obtained information on the traditional practices of diagnosis and healing, focusing on the veterinary uses given to plants (part of the plant used, method of preparation and administration). Plants speciemens were collected with the informants and their vernacular and scientific names were registered in a database. Non-parametric statistic was used to evaluate differences in medicinal plant knowledge, use, and valorization by local people. A comparison between traditional veterinary medicine and previous human medicine studies developed in the region was performed by analyzing the percentages of common species and uses, and by considering Sorensen's Similarity Index.
A total of 127 medicinal uses were registered, corresponding to 70 species of plants belonging to 39 botanic families. Veterinary ethnobotanical knowledge was specialized, restricted, in general, to cattle breeders (mainly men) and to a less degree to healers, and was independent of the age of the interviewees. Native plants were mostly used as skin cicatrizants, disinfectants or for treating digestive disorders. Together with a vast repertoire of plant pharmacopoeia, the therapies also involve religious or ritualistic practices and other popular remedies that evidence the influence of traditional Hispanic-European knowledge. Although the traditional veterinary knowledge seems to be similar or else is inlcuded in the local human ethnomedicine, sharing a common group of plants, it has distinct traits originated by a constant assessment of new applications specifically destined to the treatment of animals.
Veterinary medicine is a fountain of relevant vernacular knowledge, a permanent source for testing new applications with valuable ethnobotanical interest. Knowledge on medicinal applications of native plants will allow future validations and tests for new homeopathic or phytotherapeutic preparations.
这是首次描述科尔多瓦山脉农民的主要民族兽医特征。本研究的目的是分析用于治疗家畜和牛的药用植物和其他传统治疗方法。我们的具体目标是：根据年龄、性别和专家的角色来描述兽医民族植物学知识；解释与传统当地兽医和植物用途相关的文化特征；比较传统兽医中使用的植物与同一地区的人用医学中使用的植物。
该研究是区域性民族植物学研究的一部分，2001 年至 2010 年期间，对 64 名受访者进行了有关兽医医学中使用的药用植物的访谈。通过参与者观察和开放式和半结构化访谈，我们获得了关于诊断和治疗传统实践的信息，重点是植物的兽医用途（使用的植物部分、制备和给药方法）。与受访者一起收集植物标本，并在数据库中登记其俗名和学名。使用非参数统计来评估当地人对药用植物知识、用途和重视程度的差异。通过分析共同物种和用途的百分比，并考虑索伦森相似性指数，对传统兽医与该地区以前的人类医学研究进行了比较。
共记录了 127 种药用用途，涉及 70 种植物，属于 39 个植物科。兽医民族植物学知识是专门的、有限的，通常限于牛饲养员（主要是男性），在一定程度上也限于治疗师，并且与受访者的年龄无关。本地植物主要用作皮肤愈合剂、消毒剂或治疗消化系统疾病。除了广泛的植物药典外，这些疗法还涉及宗教或仪式实践以及其他民间疗法，这些疗法证明了传统西班牙裔-欧洲知识的影响。尽管传统的兽医知识似乎与当地的人类民族医学相似，或者包含在其中，共同的植物群，但它具有独特的特征，是由专门针对动物治疗的新应用的不断评估产生的。
兽医医学是一种相关的民间知识源泉，是测试具有宝贵民族植物学意义的新应用的永久来源。关于本地植物药用应用的知识将允许对新的顺势疗法或植物疗法制剂进行未来的验证和测试。
