Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Names of Common Diseases
- List of Maps, Photographs & Tables
- 1 Introduction: African Local Knowledge & Veterinary Pluralism
- 2 Ticks, Tick-borne Diseases & the Limits of Local Knowledge Introduction
- 3 ‘The Grave of the Cow is in the Stomach’: Environment & Nutrition in the Explanation & Prevention of Livestock Diseases
- 4 Transhumance, Animal Diseases & Environment
- 5 Plants & Drugs: Medicating Livestock
- 6 Medicinal Plants: Their Selection & their Properties
- 7 Animal Health & Ideas of the Supernatural
- 8 Gender, Space & the Supernatural
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Names of Common Diseases
- List of Maps, Photographs & Tables
- 1 Introduction: African Local Knowledge & Veterinary Pluralism
- 2 Ticks, Tick-borne Diseases & the Limits of Local Knowledge Introduction
- 3 ‘The Grave of the Cow is in the Stomach’: Environment & Nutrition in the Explanation & Prevention of Livestock Diseases
- 4 Transhumance, Animal Diseases & Environment
- 5 Plants & Drugs: Medicating Livestock
- 6 Medicinal Plants: Their Selection & their Properties
- 7 Animal Health & Ideas of the Supernatural
- 8 Gender, Space & the Supernatural
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendices
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- African Local Knowledge and Livestock HealthDiseases and Treatments in South Africa, pp. i - ivPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2013