Table 1 Categories of diseases treated with zootherapeutic remedies in Northeast Brazil, according to the Brazilian Centre of Diseases Classification and the number of species used per category.
Categories of diseases | Number of medicinal animals |
|---|---|
Some infections and parasitic diseases | 58 |
Respiratory system | 132 |
Digestive system | 38 |
Undefined illnesses | 71 |
External causes of morbidity and mortality | 45 |
Osteomuscular system and conjunctive tissue | 71 |
Injuries, poisoning and other consequences of external causes | 77 |
Urinogenital system | 19 |
Circulatory system | 64 |
Skin and subcutaneous tissue | 44 |
Nervous system | 27 |
Neoplasias (tumours) | 12 |
Ear (middle and inner ear) and mastoid apophysis | 32 |
Blood and haematopoeitic organs, and some disorders of the immune system | 4 |
Pregnancy, parturition, and puerperium | 7 |
Symptoms, signs, and abnormal findings from medical and laboratorial examination, not categorized in other part or section | 9 |
Mental and behavioral perturbations | 12 |
Diseases of the endocrine glands, metabolism and nutrition | 3 |
Ophthalmological diseases | 13 |
Congenital malformations, deformities and cromossomic abnormalities | 2 |