Rural community has been utilising natural herbs for treatment of health disorders since time immemorial. The indigenous wisdom possessed by them is of immense importance that must be documented and conserved for future use unless it gets lost or endangered with time. The Himalayan region is home to a number of medicinal plant species that are used for treatment of humans as well as domestic animals. Present study was carried out in the state of Uttarakhand to document various ethnoveterinary practices followed in the treatment of bullocks which form the backbone of hill agriculture. Data were collected in 2017-18 from 240 farmers randomly selected from four districts through a semi-structured schedule. The study revealed that the respondents were using 36 plant species (mainly herbs 52.77%) in combination with household items and other resources in different formulations such as decoction, drink, balls, powder, chutney, etc. to treat their bullocks. It revealed that carom seeds (Trachyspermum ammi), Nettle (Urtica dioica) and Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) had the highest use value (UV) of 1.00, 0.99 and 0.98 respectively. Identified ethnoveterinary practices were being used for different health issues mainly, injury (external and internal), digestive disorders, poisoning, muscular pain, foot and mouth disease (FMD), fever, infection, burns, etc.

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喜马拉雅山脉中的宝贵智慧：牛K饲养中的ITK

自远古以来，农村社区就一直在使用天然草药治疗健康失调。他们拥有的土著智慧极为重要，必须记录下来并保存下来，以备将来使用，除非它随着时间的流逝而消失或受到威胁。喜马拉雅地区拥有许多药用植物，可用于治疗人类和家畜。目前的研究是在北阿坎德邦进行的，目的是记录在耕种牛群中所遵循的各种人类行为，这些牛群是丘陵农业的支柱。通过半结构化的计划，在2017-18年度从四个地区随机选择的240名农民中收集了数据。研究表明，受访者使用的是36种植物（主要是52种草药）。77％）与家居用品和其他资源以不同的配方（例如煎剂，饮料，球，粉，酸辣酱等）结合使用，以治疗牛。它揭示了香芹籽（Trachyspermum ammi，荨麻（Urtica dioica）和Cumin（Cuminum cyminum）的最高使用价值（UV）分别为1.00、0.99和0.98。已确定的民族兽医实践主要用于不同的健康问题，包括伤害（外部和内部），消化系统疾病，中毒，肌肉疼痛，手足口病（FMD），发烧，感染，烧伤等。