Ethnoveterinary medicine practices among Tsonga speaking people of South Africa
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Ethnoveterinary medicine practices among Tsonga speaking people of South Africa.
Rapid Rural Appraisal methods were used to collate and code the indigenous knowledge on animal healthcare of Tsonga speaking people of South Africa. There was a rapport between local disease names as described by their clinical signs by the farmers and the local veterinary services important disease list. The perceived causes of diseases were physico-biological elements and no reference to ance...
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عنوان ژورنال: Onderstepoort J Vet Res
سال: 2006
ISSN: 2219-0635,0030-2465
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v73i2.156