ETNOVETERYNARY: THE PHYTOTHERAPY IN VIEW OF FUTURE VETERINARIAN PROFESSIONAL

Abstract

Phytotherapy is a branch of Ethnoveterinary that is about the pathologies that attack the animals in a natural way and without many expenses; as the future veterinarians are the students today, he makes himself necessary that these know this therapy form therefore, this work objectified to recover and to document the knowledge on Ethnoveterinary, as well as the importance of this in the group of the current sustentabilidade, evaluating the level of current knowledge on Phytotherapy and its use for the students of veterinary of ESAM. The worked instrument went to direct research through the application of questionnaires to the body student of the veterinary of ESAM, during the period of March to August of 2000. In agreement with the results, was observed that the term Ethnoveterinary is not thoroughly diffused among the students of veterinary of ESAM, even so, the Phytotherapy is of knowledge of many and already used by some, that mentioned 24 plants for the treatment of several pathologies animal, where everybody obtained success in the use. The popularization form more indicated by them it went to oral communication. About the credibility of the Phytotherapy, 87,0% would start to use this treatment form after scientific confirmation, explaining the advantages and disadvantages of this application. It could be observed that the Phytotherapy is known among the body students of veterinary of ESAM, even so there is need of the accomplishment of new researches in this area.