Ethnoveterinary botanical medicine : herbal medicines for animal health

Content: Methods for evaluating efficacy of medicinal plants / J.N. Eloff & L. McGaw -- Logistical and legal considerations in ethnoveterinary research / M. Chikombero & D. Luseba -- Phytochemical methods / B.I. Kamara -- Preclinical safety studies of medicinal plants / V. Naidoo & J. Seier -- Revitalizing ethnoveterinary medical traditions : a perspective from India / M.N.B. Nair & P.M.Unnikrishnan -- Inventory of traditional veterinary botanicals from around the world / Zafar Iqbal & Abdul Jabbar -- The current status and future prospects of medicinal and aromatic plants in veterinary healthcare in South East Asia / S. Shanmugavelu, M. Mugugaiyah & P. Chandrawathani -- Evidence-based botanicals in North America / Wendy Pearson & Michael Lindinger -- The medicinal use of native North American plants in domestic animals / Ronette Gehring & Kelly Kindscher -- Plants used in animal health care in South and Latin America : an overview / Rômulo Romeu da Nóbrega Alves ... [et al.] -- A review of ethnoveterinary studies in southern Africa / Viola Maphosa ... [et al.] -- Ethnoveterinary plants used in East Africa / J.B. Githiori & PK Gathumbi -- Herbal medicines for animal health in the Middle East & North Africa / Laïd Boukraa, Hama Benbarek & Mokhtar Benhanifia -- Ethnoveterinary medicine and sustainable livestock management in West Africa / H. Tamboura & C. Okoli -- Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine / Lida Teng, Debbie Shaw & Joanne Barnes -- Ethnoveterinary medical practice in the European Union (EU) : a case study of the Netherlands / Tedje van Asseldonk -- Herbal medicines for pet and companion animals / David R Katerere & Vinny Naidoo 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. 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 also explore the emerging use of herbals for pets with a case study from the European Union, highlighting this important area which will spur the growth in ethnoveterinary research due to its commercial potential. Although many references cover ethnoveterinary medicine in some form or another, none give it the intense scrutiny and scientific input found in this book. With chapters on biological assays, efficacy testing, and phytochemistry, the book presents hard scientific information in accessible and readable language. The editors 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. 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 "...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