Ethnoveterinary medicines used for horses in Trinidad and in British Columbia, Canada

Bibliographic Data

ID4636725
AuthorsCheryl Lans (0000-0003-3059-4332, University of Victoria, corresponding author), Nancy J Turner (0000-0002-6810-619X, University of Victoria), Nancy Turner (0000-0002-1152-5764), Gerhard Brauer, Gerhard W Brauer (University of Victoria), Grant Lourenco (University of Trinidad and Tobago), Karla Georges (0000-0001-5910-1429, University of the West Indies)
Year2006
Volume2
Issue1
Pages31-31
Publication date2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1746-4269 • E-ISSN: 1746-4269
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/1746-4269-2-31
PMID16893454
PMCIDPMC1559680
OpenAlexW2135245356
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited108

This paper investigates the commonalities in ethnoveterinary medicine used for horses between Trinidad (West Indies) and British Columbia (Canada). These research areas are part of a common market in pharmaceuticals and are both involved in the North American racing circuit. There has been very little research conducted on medicinal plants used for horses although their use is widespread. The data on ethnoveterinary medicines used for horses was obtained through key informant interviews with horse owners, trainers, breeders, jockeys, grooms and animal care specialists in two research areas: Trinidad and British Columbia (BC). A participatory validation workshop was held in BC. An extensive literature review and botanical identification of the plants was also done. In all, 20 plants were found to be used in treating racehorses in Trinidad and 97 in BC. Of these the most-evidently effective plants 19 of the plants used in Trinidad and 66 of those used in BC are described and evaluated in this paper. Aloe vera, Curcuma longa and Ricinus communis are used in both research areas. More research is needed in Trinidad to identify plants that respondents claimed were used in the past. Far more studies have been conducted on the temperate and Chinese medicinal plants used in BC and therefore these ethnoveterinary remedies reflect stronger evidence of efficacy

Ethnobotany · Geography · Medicinal plants · Socioeconomics · Traditional medicine · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies · Medicine · Natural product bioactivities and synthesis · Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae

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