Strengthening Traditional Veterinary Medicine for Conservation of Natural Resources and Livestock/Dairy Health Service: Empirical Lessons
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https://doi.org/10.48165/ijapm.2026.42.02.08Keywords:
Cattle welfare, feeding practices, stereotypic behavior, stress management, tongue rolling.Abstract
Changes in environment and economic development pose newer challenges in terms of managing disease outbreaks, changing aspiration of farming communities. Conventional livestock health services across world have remained unable to meet such requirements of farmers owing to reduced economic investment, spatial distribution of livestock. Therefore, new models for livestock health service need to be identified and scaled up in order to address food security, environmental concerns. By recognizing knowledge intensive model, nurturing creativity at grassroots is pertinent as it has evolved over a period of time. Evidences were noted wherein socially acceptable technological solution(s) were utilized by reinvigorating experimental spirit of traditional healers and knowledge of society. Building professional association with outstanding knowledge holders, community knowledge help to protect, mainstream environment friendly, frugal veterinary medications based on traditional medicine. This process of interface can be fostered by recognizing existing informal social structure involving custodian of knowledge (outstanding knowledge holders), strengthening their network and involvement of community in utilizing/sharing societal knowledge. Institutionalization of such efforts can bolster connecting link with formal institutional service, sensitize and to accommodate traditional wisdom in modern system. This review helps to understand relevance of traditional medicine that has capabilities to uplift economically poor farmers, provide quality livestock health care through climate smart technological intervention. There is also urgent need to meet SDG goals by 2030 and encompassing community knowledge system ensures sustaining innovative herbal practices.
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