ANIMAL HEALTH CARE AND

MANAGEMENT TRAINING
FOR BAHW
Date: July 25, 2018

Venue: Agricultural Training Institute- CAR

BSU Compound, La Trinidad, Benguet

Presenter: PURITA L. LESING

Provincial veterinary Office
Capitol, La Trinidad, Benguet
 ETHNOVETERINARY MEDICINE
(EVM)
- Indigenous knowledge on livestock farming
particularly animal health care
management.
- It deals with the use of medicinal plants
and use of religious and cultural rights.
- An approach to counteract the issue on
antimicrobial resistance(AMR).
CURRENT TREND ON EVM
- 80% of people in developing countries
worldwide depend on indigenous practices on
the prevention of animal and human diseases
(WHO).
- Traditional and Alternative Act of 1997 was
created to improve the quality and delivery of
health care services to the Filipinos( including
animals).
 PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF
HERBAL MEDICINES
1. DECOCTION (De)- boiling of water in 15-20 minutes or
until water volume is halved then strain and cool.
2. Infusion(In)- pouring of hot or cold water into a plant
material and allow to stand while tightly covered, stand
for 5-15 minutes if hot and 12-24 hours if cold, then filter.
3. Powder (Pw)- pounding and grinding of dried plant
materials and sift to get the required particle size (
coarse, intermediate or fine.
 PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF
HERBAL MEDICINES
4. Juice(J)-pounding of fresh plant materials and filter
through a fine piece of cloth, or may just squeeze the plant
parts to extract the juice.
5. Poultice or paste(Pt) – grinding the plant material( dried
or fresh) with a little oil, water, molasses or honey or may or
may not be spread on a square of warm cloth or banana
trunk, an applied to the skin.
6. Bolus(B)- pounding plant materials and add sufficient
binding agent(honey or molasses) and rolled into a ball.
PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF
HERBAL MEDICINES
7.Tincture (T)- botanical extract made with
alcohol; 1 part of herb: 5 parts distilled
spirits and infused for 6 weeks.

8. Ointment(O)- extracting planting

materials and adding aromatic oil
APPLICATION OF HERBAL MEDICINES
ORAL:

1. Drenching(Dr)- administration of liquid or

semi-liquid preparation through the mouth.
May use bamboo tube, soft drink bottle,
syringe sans needle, or medicine dropper.

2. Force feeding (Ff)- application or inserting

solid preparation through the mouth.
APPLICATION OF HERBAL MEDICINES

TOPICAL:

1. Fomentation (Fo)- Warm, moist substance ( wet cloth)

applied to affected parts of the body.

2. Compress (C)- dry substance applied to the affected

parts of the body.

3. Smudge (S)- direct application of herbal preparation on

affected parts of the body.