Ethnoveterinary herbal remedies used by farmers in four north-eastern Swiss cantons (St. Gallen Thurgau Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden)

摘要

BackgroundVery few ethnoveterinary surveys have been conducted in central Europe. However, traditional knowledge on the use of medicinal plants might be an option for future concepts in treatment of livestock diseases. Therefore the aim of this study was to document and analyse the traditional knowledge and use of homemade herbal remedies for livestock by farmers in four Swiss cantons.