Table 6 Ethno-veterinary remedies against viral and bacterial diseases

 Oxen

Pins

Pinching the blister

Gallura

 Oxen

Fool’s-water-cress (Apium nodiflorum)

Fresh plant massaged in the tongue

Anglona

 Oxen

Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)

Fresh plant massaged in the tongue

Anglona

 Cattle ^a

Seawater

Mouth washes

Anglona

 Cows, oxen

Needle

Blisters on tongue were stung with a needle

Monte Acuto

 Cows

Needle, scissors, salt

The vein under the tongue was stung with a needle, then the blisters were cut with scissors and salt was added on the wounds

Monte Acuto, Gallura

 Cows

(*) Needle, salt

Blisters of tongue was stung with a needle and added with salt

Monte Acuto

 Cattle ^a

Vinegar, salt

Blisters of tongue were cut with a knife (or with a scissors) and tongue was disinfected with the mixture

Monte Acuto

 Oxen

Vinegar, salt

Mouth washes

Anglona

 Oxen

River

Oxen bathed in the river for several times

Monte Acuto

 Pigs, cows

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), water

Barley flour boiled with water given as feed

Monte Acuto

 Oxen

Vinegar

Mouth washes

Meilogu

 Cattle ^a

Brine

Applied to the tongue

Gallura

 Cattle ^a

Brine, vinegar

Applied to the tongue with a cloth

Goceano

 Cattle ^a, horses, pigs, dogs, cats, hens

Mud

Applied to the tongue

Anglona

 Pigs

Milk goats

Intravenous injection

Monte Acuto

 Pigs

Blood of rabbit

Intravenous injection

Barbagia di Nuoro

 Oxen

Mallow (Malva sylvestris)

Decoction of plants was filtered and given to drink

Monte acuto

 Cows

Peg

The mammary vein was excised and then left bleeding, the haemorrhage was stopped by pinching the vessel with a peg

Sassarese

 Cattle ^a

Ashes, water

Ashes boiled in water and applied with a bandage

Monte Acuto, Sassarese, Anglona

 Cattle ^a

Vinegar, ash

Massaged on udder

Monte Acuto

 Cattle ^a, horses, pigs, dogs, cats, hens

Downy cork (Quercus pubescens) cortex, water

Cortex boiled in water until reddish, then the water was used to wash the udder

Barbagia di Nuoro

 Cattle ^a

Ozzu casu (fat obtained by boiling the cream of the milk with flour)

Massaged on udder

Sassarese, Nurra, Gallura

 Cattle ^a

Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) bone

Powder inserted into the eye or massaged around the eyes

Monte Acuto, Meilogu, Anglona

 Cattle ^a, horses

Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) bone

Powder inserted into the eye

Gallura, Sassarese

 Cattle ^a

Wild teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)

Eye washed with the plant decoction

Anglona

 Horses, oxen

Garlic (Allium sativum)

Crushed garlic application after nail clipping

Sassarese

 Horses, oxen

Burnt lard

Burnt lard application after nail clipping

Sassarese

 Oxen

Burnt sugar

The sugar was burnt over the wound

Monte Acuto

 Horses

Rope made of goat’s hair

Incision of the nail with a knife then hoof dressed with the hairy rope

Monte Acuto

 Cattle ^a

Clay, water

Applied on the hoof with a bandage

Gallura

 Cows

Knife

Bleeding by incising the neck vein

Goceano

 Pigs

Cow’s milk

Intravenous injection

Monte Acuto

 Horses, cattle ^a

Red-hot iron

Cauterization of the vesicles

Barbagia di Nuoro, Goceano, Monte Acuto

 Dogs

Anagyris (Anagyris foetida)

The plant was put as a collar to the cold affected dog

Barbagia di Nuoro

 Calves, oxen

Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla), water

Decoction of plants given as drink

Monte Acuto

 Oxen

Mallow (Malva sylvestris)

Decoction of plants given as drink

Anglona, Meilogu,

 Cattle ^a

Pellitory of the wall (Parietaria officinalis), water

Decoction of leaves given as drink

Anglona

 Oxen

Wild ficus tree (Ficus carica var., caprificus)

The oxen covered with a blanket had to breathe the fumes of burnt leaves of wild fig tree for 3 days

Monte Acuto

 Horses

Hot bran (Hordeum vulgare, Triticum durum)

Decoction of plant given as feed

Gallura