Recuperación de saberes ancestrales de etnoveterinaria en el cantón Gonzanamá

For generations the traditional animal production systems havebeen developed in rural communities, watching closely their animals, their environment where they live and operate, allowing knowing its operation such as the amount of milk and meat producing, number of offspring, including eggs. Moreover, identify, name and cure diseases in different domestic species and ages, according to their ancestral knowledge, using medicinal resources of plants, animals and minerals that have within their reach, differing according to the places of origin being transmitted orally from person to person and from generation to generation. The ancient techniques and herbal medicinal practices were and are a response to the basic needs of family survival; and they must be considered as not only sustainable, convenient and clean technologies, but also sustainable, whereas the relationships that humans establish with their animals. With the purpose of identifying the current status of the herbal medicinal practices this research work was projected, considering the following objectives: 1. Rescue the ancestral knowledge of the inhabitants of the canton Gonzanamá in the field of the herbal practices knowledge. 2. Collect information about knowledge and ancestral practices of the herbal practices ry in canton Gonzanamá, 3. Classify and summarize information herbal medicinal practices, according to their field of knowledge, according to the domestic animal species, 4. Determine which field of knowledge ancient herbal medicinal practices, there is greater mastery and positive practical results. The work comprised 2 months of 2013 (field work); It is framed within the scientific research, being as the prospective, descriptive, quantitative and qualitative application of its variables. The applied technique was the survey, being 202 sample number distributed in the following way: in Nambacola 67 surveys, 41 Gonzanamá surveys, Changaimina 46 surveys, Sacapalca 36 polls and Purunuma 12 surveys. Changaimina 46 surveys, Sacapalca 36 polls and surveys Purunuma 12. The results allowed to highlight the following: 202 applied survey 100% have knowledge of herbal medicine practices, the species of interest in the sector were poultry with the 84,65%, bovine 73.76%, canines the 9.41% and pigs with the 7.43%. In relation to the frequency of application of treatments in poultry the 52,05% applied treatments 2 times a day in cattle, the 46,31% applied once a day, the canine 57.59% applied once a day, and pigs applied 2 times a day, giving a percentage of 53.33%, indifferent variable as regards bovine animals have a percentage of the 22.82% (being able to apply treatments 1-2 - 3 times a day by the economic value that they represent and gravity of the animal). The ways of implementation of the technical o herbal medicinal practices depending on the treatment and the medical condition being the main; oral representing the 82,67%, local and topic the 75,25%, the 45,54%, ventral bath the 11.88% and in others the 15.35% (small stones, branches of plants, knives). The applied doses are unspecific these are given by previous experiences and the size of the animal. The origins of the ingredients are mainly: the 80,69%, mineral 55,94%, vegetable and animal with the 55,45%. The herbal medicinal practices are mainly used in common diseases and chronic conditions such as colds, diseases of the skin, parasitic infections, wounds, disorders reproductive, diarrhea. In relation to major illnesses; diseases that afflict cattle insistently mentioned from highest to lowest percentage interest: Holland bad ice 39,60%, constipation 27.52%, ticks 11.41%, placental retentions 7,383%, 3,356% pneumonia, the 4,027% warts and others the 6,711% are wounds caused by fighting, foreign bodies. The cough poultry, hens and smallpox are common with the 66,67% and 30.41%, respectively, also diarrhea is another present medical condition with the 1.17%, in others there are wounds caused by fights of roosters that represents the 1.75%. In dogs the 78,95% represents the presence of distemper and the 21.05% fleas. The pigs are mainly attacked by external parasites as piles with 63,33%, scabies that represent the 26.67% and 20,00% representing castration techniques.

• Autor principal: Castillo Luzuriaga, Ana Gabriela (author)
• Formato: bachelorThesis
• Lenguaje: spa
• Publicado: 2014
• Materias: SABERES ANCESTRALES; ETNOVETERINARIA
• Acceso en línea: http://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/12187