indigenous knowledge

Indigenous knowledge of plants used by the Santal and Lodha tribes of Medinipur district, West Bengal, India, for treating various livestock diseases was documented. The data were collected through observations and interviews in 4 tribal villages in Binpur and 4 tribal villages in Jhargram. In addition, key informant techniques were used to assess the level of indigenous knowledge among the villagers, in particular the village medicine men. The plants used by the Santal and Lodha people and their medicine men for treatment of different animal diseases are tabulated. From authors' summary. KEYWORDS: TROPAG veterinary medicine traditional technology indigenous knowledge ethnobotany drug plants animal diseases disease control INDIA West Bengal.