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Table 6 Ethno-veterinary remedies against viral and bacterial diseases
| Animals | Components of remedy** | Procedure | Areas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foot and mouth disease (aphtha) | |||
| 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 |
| Swine fever | |||
| Pigs | Milk goats | Intravenous injection | Monte Acuto |
| Pigs | Blood of rabbit | Intravenous injection | Barbagia di Nuoro |
| Fever | |||
| Oxen | Mallow (Malva sylvestris) | Decoction of plants was filtered and given to drink | Monte acuto |
| Mastitis | |||
| 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 |
| Eyes infection | |||
| 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 |
| Hoof infection | |||
| 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 |
| Blood poisoning (septicemia) | |||
| Cows | Knife | Bleeding by incising the neck vein | Goceano |
| Pigs | Cow’s milk | Intravenous injection | Monte Acuto |
| Carbuncle | |||
| Horses, cattle a | Red-hot iron | Cauterization of the vesicles | Barbagia di Nuoro, Goceano, Monte Acuto |
| Respiratory diseases | |||
| 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 |
