Zootherapy and rural livestock farmers in semiarid Patagonia: the transfer of animal aptitudes for health

IF 1.6 Q3 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Ethnobiology and Conservation Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI:10.15451/EC2019-01-8.02-1-23

Lucía Castillo, A. Ladio

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Abstract

This work investigates the therapeutic value of animals to rural farmers who live on the central plateau of Chubut, Argentina. Open and in-depth interviews were carried out with 35 rural farmers from Sierra Rosada, Sierra Ventana, El Escorial and Telsen. A total of 16 biological species (12 wild and 4 domestic animals) were registered as being employed in treatment (34 registered up to the present) of different ailments, empacho being one of the main therapeutic targets. Of the domestic species, the hen ( Gallus gallus domesticus ) is the most versatile in its usefulness, and choique (Darwin’s Rhea) ( Rhea pennata ) is the most versatile wild animal. Farmers use 15 different parts of the animals, fat being the substance which is used from most species. These zootreatments imply the transfer of aptitudes (the acquisition of a certain attribute of a species through ingestion or contact with specific parts of the animal), which transforms the health and lives of the people. Our results shed light on the symbolic and symbiotic relationships woven into rural life, with their implications for the conservation and management of wild fauna.

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半干旱巴塔哥尼亚的动物治疗和农村畜牧农民:动物健康能力的转移

这项工作调查了动物对生活在阿根廷丘布特中部高原的农村农民的治疗价值。对来自罗萨达、文塔纳、埃斯科里亚尔和泰尔森的35名农民进行了公开和深入的访谈。共有16种生物(12种野生动物和4种家畜)被登记用于治疗不同的疾病(截至目前已登记34种)，empacho是主要治疗靶点之一。在家养动物中，母鸡(Gallus Gallus domesticus)是用途最广泛的，而鸟(达尔文的Rhea) (Rhea pennata)是用途最广泛的野生动物。农民使用动物的15个不同部位，脂肪是大多数物种使用的物质。这些动物治疗意味着天赋的转移(通过摄入或接触动物的特定部位获得物种的某种属性)，从而改变了人们的健康和生活。我们的研究结果揭示了编织在农村生活中的象征性和共生关系，以及它们对野生动物保护和管理的影响。

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Ethnobiology and Conservation BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION-

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期刊介绍： Ethnobiology and Conservation (EC) is an open access and peer-reviewed online journal that publishes original contributions in all fields of ethnobiology and conservation of nature. The scope of EC includes traditional ecological knowledge, human ecology, ethnoecology, ethnopharmacology, ecological anthropology, and history and philosophy of science. Contributions in the area of conservation of nature can involve studies that are normally in the field of traditional ecological studies, as well as in animal and plant biology, ethology, biogeography, management of fauna and flora, and ethical and legal aspects about the conservation of biodiversity. However, all papers should focus explicitly on their contribution to the conservation of nature. Merely descriptive papers without a theoretical discussion contextualized from the findings, although possibly being accepted, will not be given priority for publication.