Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: An ethnozoological study in the adjoining areas of Mount Abu wildlife sanctuary, India. | Jaroli et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2010 6 6 http content 6 1 6 JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE RESEARCH Open Access An ethnozoological study in the adjoining areas of Mount Abu wildlife sanctuary India DP Jaroli1 Madan Mohan Mahawar2 Nitin Vyas1 Abstract Background There is evidence that human beings are familiar with use of animals for food cloth medicine etc. since ancient times. Enormous work has been done on ethnobotany and traditional medicine. Like plants animal and their products are also possessing medicinal properties that can be exploited for the benefit of human beings. In India many ethnic communities are dispersed all over the country and these people are still totally depended on local traditional medicinal system for their health care. India is gifted with faunal and floral biodiversity Mount Abu wildlife sanctuary is also one of them and thus the aim of this work was to take an ethnozoological field survey among Garasiya people main tribal group of this area in the adjoining areas of this sanctuary. Method In order to document the ethnozoological information about animal and their products prevalent among these people in the adjoining area of Mount Abu wildlife sanctuary a study was carried out from January 2008 to April 2008. Data were collected through semi-structured questionnaire and open interview with 25 16 male and 9 female selected Garasiya people. The name of animal and other ethnozoological information were documented. Photographs and discussion were also recorded with the help of camera and voice recorder. Result A total of 24 animal species were used in 35 different medicinal purposes including asthma weakness tuberculosis cough paralysis and blister and for other religious purposes. It has been find out that animal used by Garasiya consist of fourteen mammals five birds three reptiles one arthropods and one amphibian. The meat of Cynopterus sphinx used to relieved fever and cough has .
