Abstract
The indigenous knowledge and practice based on locally available bioresources are effective to cure diseases. In this way, ethnoveterinary medicinal plants were used by the farmers of Dharapuram taluk, Tirupur district to cure various diseases of their cattles. The present study results in the collection of 42 plant species belonging to 22 families. The medicinal importance of these plants used by the farmers as traditional medicine for their cattle is enumerated in this study
Highlights
India is having a vast reservoir of cattle genetic resources in terms of population and in genetic diversity represented by 30 recognized cattle breeds
Ethnoveterinary research and development is a holistic inter disciplinary study of indigenous knowledge and associated skills, practices, beliefs and social structures pertaining to the healthcare and husbandry of income producing animals has emerged as a fertile field for generation and transfer appropriate and sustainable veterinary alternatives to the stock raisers
Ethnoveterinary medicines are the reduction in the cost of healthcare for milk animals of dairy farmers, reduction in antibiotic and hormone residues in milk and other animal products by using safe, effective and standardized products based on time tested local traditions and contribution to the economy of local producers
Summary
India is having a vast reservoir of cattle genetic resources in terms of population and in genetic diversity represented by 30 recognized cattle breeds. Ethno veterinary practices are often cheap, safe, tested time and based on local resources and strengths. These can provide useful alternatives to the conventional animal health care (Kumar, 2002). Ethnoveterinary medicines are the reduction in the cost of healthcare for milk animals of dairy farmers, reduction in antibiotic and hormone residues in milk and other animal products by using safe, effective and standardized products based on time tested local traditions and contribution to the economy of local producers. Ethnoveterinary medicine is mostly present by villagers as this system of approach dealing with the folk beliefs, knowledge, skills, methods and practices pertaining to the healthcare of animal by tradition. The present study was conducted to document the ethno veterinary medicinal plants used to treat the livestock by villagers of Dharapuram taluk, Tirupur district, Tamil Nadu
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