1997
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(97)00031-9
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Sense or nonsense? Traditional methods of animal parasitic disease control

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“…Although the necessity to evaluate the safety of traditional medicines is universally accepted, the need for efficacy testing using modern standards is not (Schillhorn van Veen, 1997). When testing medicinal plants for efficacy in a laboratory environment, it should be borne in mind that ethnoveterinary practice is a system (that includes management), which may add to the effectiveness of a particular remedy.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although the necessity to evaluate the safety of traditional medicines is universally accepted, the need for efficacy testing using modern standards is not (Schillhorn van Veen, 1997). When testing medicinal plants for efficacy in a laboratory environment, it should be borne in mind that ethnoveterinary practice is a system (that includes management), which may add to the effectiveness of a particular remedy.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, several alternative therapeutics remain too expensive for purchase by rural populations (Fakae, 1990). The development of a new generation of cost-effective anthelmintic agents is vital to the future of control of helminth diseases in the tropics and therefore ethno-veterinary medicine is receiving renewed interest (Schillhorn van Veen, 1997).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is considerable and apparently expanding interest worldwide in traditional health practices in both the industrialized and developing countries of the world [26], including herbal de-wormers [25,27]. A role for these compounds in the green farming movement of developed countries is difficult to envisage because marketing of products with a high level of efficacy will inevitably be accompanied by regulatory requirements on residue levels, human safety, and so on, and will then, particularly in the organic farming context, become quasi-natural and regarded as medical prevention.…”
Section: Herbal Anthelminticsmentioning
confidence: 99%