Ethnoveterinary botanical medicine

"...The first, to my knowledge, to bring together information about ethnoveterinary medicines from a wide range of countries... Dr. Katerere and Dr. Luseba have been fortunate enough to persuade leading authorities in their field to contribute chapters and I am sure it will prove to be a valuable reference source..."--from the Foreword by Peter Houghton, emeritus professor in pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Division, King's College, London, and editor of Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

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. In addition, 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 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. --Book Jacket.