Table 1.
Zootherapeutics resources used in Ethnoveterinary medicine in municipality of Pocinhos, semi-arid region, NE Brazil.
| Famíly/species/local name |
UV | Part used | Disease (or illness) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suidae Sus scrofa domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Pig "Porco" |
0.4 | Fat | Scabies; Skin diseases; swellings |
| Phasianidae Gallus gallus domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Domestic chicken, "Galinha" |
0.15 | Fat Eggs |
Inflammation; "Estrepes" (suck a splinter out of skin); poisoness |
| Tinamidae Nothura maculosa cearensis Naumburg, 1932 - Spotted Nothura, "Codorniz" |
0.25 | feather | Snakes bite |
| Teiidae Tupinambis merianae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) - Lizard teju, tejuaçú" |
0.55 | Fat | Thorns; Pain; Furunculosis; Inflammation "Estrepes" (suck a splinter out of skin); Eyes problems; Swellings |
| Iguanidae Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Green Iguana, "Camaleão" |
0.35 | Bone Fat Leather |
Thorns; Furunculosis; Swellings; "Estrepes" (suck a splinter out of skin) |
| Dasypodidae Euphractus sexcintus (Linnaeus, 1758)--armadillo, "tatu peba" |
0.05 | Fat | Furunculosis |
| Viperidae Crotalus durissus Linnaeus, 1758 - South American rattlesnake, "Cascavel" |
0.35 | Fat | Tumor; Wounds; Snakes bite; Skin problems |
| Canidae Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766)-- fox, "raposa" |
0.25 | Fat | Tumor; Uterine prolapse; Wounds; Skin problems |
| Bovidae Bos Taurus Linnaeus, 1758 - Domestic cattle, "Gado/boi/vaca" |
0.15 | Horn Milk |
Snakes bite; Poisoness |
| Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 - Ram, "Carneiro" | 0.15 | Fat | Burns; Bone fracture; Thorns |
| Chelidae Phrynops geoffroanus (Schweigger, 1812) - Geoffroy's side-necked turtle, "cágado d'água" |
0.1 | Fat | Swelling; Tumor |