Healing with animals in a semiarid northeastern area of Brazil |
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| Authors: | Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves Maria de Fátima Melo Felipe Silva Ferreira Dilma Maria de Brito Melo Trovão Thelma Lúcia Pereira Dias José Valberto Oliveira Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena Raynner Rilke Duarte Barboza |
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| Institution: | 1.Departmento de Biologia,Universidade Estadual da Paraíba,Paraíba,Brazil;2.Colegiado de Ciências da Natureza,Universidade Federal do Vale do S?o Francisco,Bahia,Brazil;3.Programa de Pós-Gradua??o em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza,Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB),Jo?o Pessoa,Brazil;4.Doutorado em Etnobiologia e Conserva??o da Natureza,Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco,Recife,Brazil |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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