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Zootheraputic practices in Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Pakistan.
Author(s)
Waqas Ahmad Shams Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Khyber Paktunkhwa-Pakistan
Gauhar Rehman Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Khyber Paktunkhwa-Pakistan
Zahid Ullah Department of Zoology, University of Buner Khyber Paktunkhwa-Pakistan
Sumbal Ara Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Khyber Paktunkhwa-Pakistan
Sadaf Niaz Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Khyber Paktunkhwa-Pakistan
Abid Ali Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Khyber Paktunkhwa-Pakistan
Khurshid Khan Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Khyber Paktunkhwa-Pakistan
Huma Alam Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Khyber Paktunkhwa-Pakistan
Nida Gul Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Khyber Paktunkhwa-Pakistan
Tahira Naz Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Khyber Paktunkhwa-Pakistan
Saif ul Islam Department of Zoology, Government Degree College Lahor Swabi, Khyber Paktunkhwa-Pakistan
Abdul Jamil khan Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Khyber Paktunkhwa-Pakistan
Abstract
The use of animals for therapeutic purpose is an important filed from ancient time. They utilize animals for different purposes like art, religion, music, and literature. In Zoo therapy different parts of the animal body, their products, or non-animal materials such as nests and cocoon are used. It has an important contribution to understanding traditional subsistence and medical knowledge and practices. The present study is intended to look into different zoo therapeutic medicinal uses in the traditional health care system among the native inhabitants of district Swabi, Khyber PakhtunKhawa Pakistan. It is of immense importance that 47 different types of animals species use for different type of diseases like cancer, diabetes, snake bite, fever etc. The part used, how they used and what is the Fidelity level (FL) and Relative frequency of citation (RFC) is the key points. This study highlights traditional zoo therapeutic remedial measures and verify it so that it used for the welfare of human on a commercial level.
Publication Details
Page(s) 222-231
DOI 10.19045/bspab.2018.700180
Published Journal: Pure and Applied Biology, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Year: 2019
Keywords
Fidelity level Ethno zoology Relative frequency of citation
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