Zootherapy is the treatment of human ailments with remedies made from animals and their
products. Despite its prevalence in traditional medical practices worldwide, research on this …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Mexico has great biodiversity of fauna. The use of fauna
with medicinal properties is a common practice since pre-Hispanic times. In the last decade …

Abstract The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment described 4 classes of services or functions
that ecosystems and their component parts deliver to the benefit of humans: provisioning …

The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is the only domesticated vertebrate to originate from North
America. Accurate reconstructions of the timing, location, and process of its domestication …

AIM OF THE STUDY: To document the use of animal species in traditional medicine from the
municipality of Mapimi, Durango, México. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Direct interviews …

The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) represents one of the few domestic animals of the New
World. While current research points to distinct domestication centres in the Southwest USA …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE: Animal derived products have been a source
of medicinal compounds since ancient times. This work documents the use of animal …

Anfibios y reptiles son grupos de vertebrados que históricamente ha sido utilizado por
comunidades rurales. En México, la multiculturalidad del país está estrechamente …

Interactions with animals constitute one of the oldest forms of connection between mankind
and nature. In general, connections that people establish with nature can be driven by …

Identification of turkey (Meleagris spp.) remains in Maya archaeological deposits is
problematic because the two species that co-existed during ancient Maya occupations are …