Considered as the “King of spices”, black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is a widely used spice
which adds flavor of its own to dishes, and also enhances the taste of other ingredients …

Alternatives to the use of conventional veterinary drugs in food‐producing animals have
gained attention, such as the use of natural products (NPs), mainly to soften the risks to the …

For millennia, ethnic knowledge has been intricately tied to local biodiversity and woven into
the fabric of rural communities. Growing scientific evidence suggests that merging ethnic …

Livestock is the main backbone of the rural economy of an agriculture-based country like
India. To mitigate the economic loss due to livestock's poor performance and illness, folk …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Ethnoveterinary medicine is often assumed to be a subset
of human medicinal knowledge. Here we investigate the possibility that some …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Mauritius is famous for its floricultural diversity and
traditions practiced across the island by various ethnic groups. During the British rule in the …

Konar, an ethnic group of Yadav community, with cattle raising as its major occupation, is
known for treating its cattle ailments using a wide range of traditional herbal medicines. The …

Ethnopharmacological relevance To what extent has animal observation contributed to the
development of human pharmacopeias? We approach this question here through the study …

Indiscriminate use of antibiotics, increasing cost of veterinary inputs and drug residues in
milk are some of the serious issues inviting immediate public attention. There is certainly an …

Abstract The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) is one of the largest herbivore mammals in
the world. A portion of the total elephant population is under human care, where health …