Ethnoveterinary research and development, C.M. McCorkle, E. Mathias and T.W. Schillhorn van Veen (eds) : book review

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Extracted from text ... Book review - Boekresensie Ethnoveterinary research and development C M McCorkle, E Mathias and T W Schillhorn van Veen (Eds) 1996. Intermediate Technology Publications, London, 338 pp. Price ?17.95 (US$29.95). ISBN 1 85339 326 6. Eighty-nine percent of the planet's inhabitants rely mainly on traditional treatments and practitioners, i.e. on ethnomedicine. A similar percentage appears to hold for livestock and ethnoveterinary care. This interdisciplinary and international compilation of reviews and case studies published in 1996 is the first in the field of ethnoveterinary medicine. 'Whether in poor, Third World countries or in the relatively rich countries of the First ..