Healing with animals in a semiarid northeastern area of Brazil

被引：15

作者：

Alves, Rmulo Romeu Nobrega ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Melo, Maria de Fatima ^{[1
]}

Ferreira, Felipe Silva ^{[2
,3
]}

de Brito Melo Trovo, Dilma Maria ^{[1
]}

Pereira Dias, Thelma Lucia ^{[1
]}

Oliveira, Jose Valberto ^{[4
]}

Paiva de Lucena, Reinaldo Farias ^{[4
]}

Duarte Barboza, Raynner Rilke ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Estadual Paraiba, Dept Biol, Ave Baraunas 351 Bodocongo, BR-58109753 Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil

[2] Univ Fed Vale Sao Francisco, Colegiado Ciencias Natureza, Campus Senhor Bonfim Rua Tomaz Guimaraes S-N, BR-48970000 Salvador, Brazil

[3] Univ Fed Paraiba UFPB, Programa Posgrad Ciencias Biol Zool, Dept Sistemat & Ecol, Ctr Ciencias Exatas & Natureza, Campus 1, BR-58051900 Joao Pessoa, PB, Brazil

[4] Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco, Doutorado Etnobiol & Conservacao Natureza, Rua Dom Manoel Medeiros S-N,Dois Irmaos, BR-52171900 Recife, PE, Brazil

来源：

ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY | 2016年 / 18卷 / 06期

关键词：

Caatinga; Ethnozoology; Medicinal animals; Zootherapy; MEDICINAL ANIMALS; ZOOTHERAPEUTIC PRACTICES; FISHING COMMUNITIES; TRADITIONAL USES; REMEDIES; REGION; KNOWLEDGE; PRODUCTS; MARKETS; TRADE;

D O I：

10.1007/s10668-015-9715-1

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

This study presents information on the use of medicinal animals in a semiarid area of northeast Brazil, a region where animals have recognized importance in local popular medicine. The information on the use of animals for medicinal purposes was obtained through semi-structured questionnaires, complemented by free interviews and informal conversations. The results obtained showed that the residents of the area studied utilize a considerable richness of animal species (n = 42) for medicinal purposes, as occurs in other areas of Brazil's semiarid region, demonstrating that zootherapy represents an alternative form of health care that is important to the inhabitants of the region. There is a need for new investigations on medicinal fauna, aimed at promoting the sustainable use of eventual medicinal species and preserving popular knowledge associated with the use of animal species.

引用

页码：1733 / 1747

页数：15

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Alves R.R.N., 2013, Animals in traditional folk medicine, P109, DOI [DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-29026-8_7, 10.1007/978-3-642-29026-8_13]

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