ETHNOVETERINARY OBSERVATIONS AND PRACTICES USED IN A RURAL COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF ACRE, WESTERN AMAZONIA, BRAZIL

• Autor(a) principal: Amorim, Sara Lucena
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Pereira, Maria Antônia Ferreira Moniz, Oliveira, Alex Cicinato Paulino, Athayde, Ana Célia Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Biota Amazônia
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifap.br/index.php/biota/article/view/4394
• topic: Ethnoveterinary, Medicinal Plants, Amazon Region - State of Acre – Brazil

This study aimed to identify, register and analyze the ethnoveterinary knowledge of medicinal plants employed in rural communities of the State of Acre-Brazil. Sixty families were interviewed; the personal data and specific questions about the use of medicinal plants for the treatment of diseases that affect the animals were obtained. The results indicated 43 species of medicinal plants, distributed in 28 botanical families, highlighting Lamiaceae (1.6%), Asteraceae (11.6%), Euphorbiaceae (7%) and Myrtaceae (7%). The use-value of species per informant (UVIS /UVS) shows Mentha spicata (hortelã) (17/0.28), – Mormodica charantia (melão de são Caetano) (17/0.28), Arrabidaea chica (crajiru) (14/0.23). - Carica papaya (mamão macho) (13/0.22), Chenopodium ambrosioides (mastruz) (11/0.18) – Jatropha curcas (pinhão branco) (9/0.15), Melissa officinalis (cidreira) (9/0.15), and Cymbopogon citratus (lemongrass) (9/0.15) as the most cited plants. The values of the informant consensus factor (ICF) show that the digestive category presented the highest values (0,84), followed by integument (0,83), anti-inflammatory (0,80), diverse (0,72) and respiratory (0,70). As for the parts of the plant, fresh leaves (54%) were the most cited. Regarding the preparation mode, infusion tea (74%) was the most cited. This work will serve as a database for future research in the area of study.Keywords: Ethnoveterinary; Medicinal Plants; Amazon Region – State of Acre – Brazil.