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R E Uncini Manganelli1, F Camangi, P E Tomei
1Dipartimento di Agronomia e Gestione dell'Agroecosistema, Università di Pisa, via S. Michele degli Scalzi 2, 56100, Pisa, Italy. ritely@agr.unipi.it
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
|November 6, 2001
Abstract:
Tuscany is an area rich in traditions, many of an ethnobotanical nature, and those of veterinary practice are of special interest. Almost a 100 different plant species are used to treat animals; sometimes old remedies are used to cure similar human ailments, other times the cure is used exclusively for veterinary treatment.
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