William Beinart, Karen Brown

African Local Knowledge & Livestock Health

Diseases & Treatments in South Africa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A much needed examination of contemporary approaches to animal healing in South Africa, and the role of local knowledge.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781847010834
• ISBN-10: 1847010830
• Artikelnr.: 38085241

Autorenporträt

William Beinart, Karen Brown

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: African Local Knowledge and Veterinary Pluralism Ticks,
Tick-borne Diseases and the Limits of Local Knowledge 'The Grave of the Cow
is in the Stomach': Environment and Nutrition in the Explanation and
Prevention of Livestock Diseases Transhumance, Animal Diseases and
Environment Plants and Drugs: Medicating Livestock Medicinal Plants: Their
Selection and their Properties Animal Health and Ideas of the Supernatural
Gender, Space and the Supernatural Conclusion