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Healing with animals in a semiarid northeastern area of Brazil

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  • Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves

    (Universidade Estadual da Paraíba
    Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
    Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB))

  • Maria de Fátima Melo

    (Universidade Estadual da Paraíba)

  • Felipe Silva Ferreira

    (Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
    Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB))

  • Dilma Maria de Brito Melo Trovão

    (Universidade Estadual da Paraíba)

  • Thelma Lúcia Pereira Dias

    (Universidade Estadual da Paraíba)

  • José Valberto Oliveira

    (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco)

  • Reinaldo Farias Paiva Lucena

    (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco)

  • Raynner Rilke Duarte Barboza

    (Universidade Estadual da Paraíba
    Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB))

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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  • 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 Lucena & Raynn, 2016. "Healing with animals in a semiarid northeastern area of Brazil," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 18(6), pages 1733-1747, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:18:y:2016:i:6:d:10.1007_s10668-015-9715-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-015-9715-1
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    1. Iamara Silva Policarpo & Raynner Rilke Duarte Barboza & Anna Karolina Martins Borges & Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, 2019. "Mammalian fauna used in folk medicine among hunters in a semiarid region of Brazil," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 1533-1542, June.
    2. Dandara Monalisa Mariz Bezerra & Helder Farias Pereira Araujo & Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, 2020. "Understanding the use of wild birds in a priority conservation area of Caatinga, a Brazilian tropical dry forest," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 22(6), pages 5297-5316, August.

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