The trade of medicinal animals in Brazil: current status and perspectives

Ferreira, Felipe Silva; Fernandes‐Ferreira, Hugo; Neto, Nivaldo Aureliano Léo; Brito, Samuel V.; Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega

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“…The medicinal use of animals for the same purpose suggests that different species may share similar medicinal properties (Ahmed & Ahmed 2011). Ferreira et al (2013) emphasize that the inclusion of a species in treating more than one disease can trigger a mechanism to reduce the impact on other animals with medicinal purposes. 3.3.…”

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“…Several animal species play a significant role in cultural systems and people commonly identify with these species for cultural or economic reasons (Lohani 2010, Ferreira et al 2013. Studies in ethnozoology conducted in different cultural contexts, such as in rural (Torres et al 2009) and indigenous communities (Martínez 2013), have shown that a species is considered important when a utility value is assigned to it.…”

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Cultural keystone species of fauna as a method for assessing conservation priorities in a Protected Area of the Brazilian semiarid

2016

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The Cultural Keystone Species (CKS) method of identification has been used to define culturally important species. The objective of this study was to identify and characterize CKS vertebrates in the communities surrounding the Environmental Protection Area of Chapada do Araripe and define conservation priorities using semi-structured interviews and free listings. Interviews were conducted with 246 people; 53 species were identified and then included in categories of use: food, medicinal, handicraft and symbolic. Food preference was identified for Mazama gouazoubira, Penelope superciliaris, Dasyprocta prymnolopha and Dasypus novencimctus. As medicinal resources, Salvator merianae and M. gouazoubira represented 51.85% of treatment recommendations. For use in handicrafts, M. gouazoubira, which is also the only species recorded for symbolic use, stands out. Use values (UV) varied from 0.03 to 1.34, and M. gouazoubira had the highest UV (1.34) and a 0.74 projection. Regarding cultural importance, M. gouazoubira was the species with the highest UV and projection, and was indicated as a CKS to be prioritized in research and conservation studies.

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Cultural keystone species of fauna as a method for assessing conservation priorities in a Protected Area of the Brazilian semiarid

2016

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“…Zootherapy may have been originated after the incorporation of animal protein into the human diet (Holzman 2003), but accurate estimates regarding time of origin are hampered by the lack of archaeological evidence (Wing 2000). Zootherapy may also have played an important role in the developing of non-nomadic human cultures, because, in addition to providing treatments for humans, it has also been used to treat diseases in domestic animals (Souto et al 2011a, b;Ferreira et al 2012, Ferreira et al 2013Alves et al 2013a, b;Souto et al 2013).…”

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“…These studies have shown that the ancestral zootherapy in Brazil consists mainly in the use of fat extracted from animals, such as jaguar (Panthera onca) and black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) for treating respiratory diseases, electric eel (Electrophorus electrus) for treating rheumatism, giant South American turtle (Podocnemis expansa) for protection against sunburnt, tucuxi Amazon dolphin (Sotalia fluviatilis) for treating asthma, and anaconda snake to heal epithelial wounds (Silva 2008). The fat from some South American native reptiles has been experimentally demonstrated to have effective antiinflammatory action (Ferreira et al 2010;Ferreira et al 2013), but the potential pharmacological properties of anaconda fat has never been tested experimentally.…”

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Zootherapy in the Amazon: green anaconda ( Eunectes murinus ) fat as a natural medicine to treat wounds

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Zootherapy (the use of the therapeutic potential of animals) is at least 6,000 years old, and has been kept active throughout generations until modern days. Animal fat is commonly used in the zootherapeutic folk medicine from South America, specially the green anaconda's fat, which is widely promoted as a natural medicine to treat wounds, even though there is no scientific evidence showing its efficacy. In this study we compared the total healing time and the proportional daily reduction of dorsal epithelial incisions in adult male Wistar rats treated with nitrofural (a commercial cicatrizing ointment) and with anaconda fat. We applied the treatments every two days and measured the incision diameter daily, during ten consecutive days. Differences among the groups in the total healing time and in the proportional daily reduction of the incision consistently showed that the fat-based treatment resulted in a faster healing process compared to the commercial ointment tested. The literature suggests that the efficacy of animal fat on healing may be primarily related to the presence of fatty acids, which have been widely demonstrated to be important for biochemical reactions involved in healing processes. Our findings are widely socially relevant, considering that traditional Amazonian communities that use anaconda fat in folk medicine do not have easy access to pharmacies and hospitals. KEYWORDS: ethnozoology, folk medicine, snakes, Wistar Zooterapia amazônica: uso de gordura de sucuri (Eunectes murinus) como cicatrizante natural RESUMO Práticas ancestrais de zooterapia (uso das potencialidades terapêuticas da fauna) existem há pelo menos 6000 anos, e têm sido mantidas ao longo de gerações até os tempos modernos. Gordura de animais é comumente utilizada na zooterapia tradicional da América do Sul, e a gordura de serpentes sucuris é amplamente comercializada como cicatrizante natural, embora não existam evidências científicas que mostrem sua eficácia terapêutica. Neste estudo comparamos o tempo de cicatrização epitelial total e a redução proporcional diária de uma incisão dorsal em ratos Wistar machos adultos, entre um grupo controle, um grupo tratado com nitrofural (uma pomada cicatrizante comercial) e um grupo tratado com gordura de sucuri. Nós aplicamos os tratamentos a cada dois dias e medimos o diâmetro da incisão diariamente por dez dias consecutivos. Diferenças entre os grupos no tempo de cicatrização total e na redução proporcional diária da incisão consistentemente mostraram que gordura de sucuri teve ação cicatrizante mais eficiente que a pomada comercial testada. A literatura sugere que a eficácia de gordura animal em processos de cicatrização pode estar principalmente relacionada à presença de ácidos graxos, os quais têm sido amplamente demonstrados como importantes para reações bioquímicas envolvidas em processos de cicatrização. Os resultados têm ampla relevância social, considerando que as comunidades tradicionais amazônicas que utilizam a gordura de sucuris como zooterápico não têm acesso fácil...

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Challenges in Ethnozoological Research

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2018

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The trade of medicinal animals in Brazil: current status and perspectives

Cited by 56 publications

References 48 publications

Cultural keystone species of fauna as a method for assessing conservation priorities in a Protected Area of the Brazilian semiarid

Cultural keystone species of fauna as a method for assessing conservation priorities in a Protected Area of the Brazilian semiarid

Zootherapy in the Amazon: green anaconda ( Eunectes murinus ) fat as a natural medicine to treat wounds

Challenges in Ethnozoological Research

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