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English
Etymology
From ethno- + veterinary.
Adjective
ethnoveterinary (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a subfield of ethnomedicine that promotes traditional veterinary medicine.
2015 July 8, Antonello Di Nardo et al., “Serological profile of foot-and-mouth disease in wildlife populations of West and Central Africa with special reference to Syncerus caffer subspecies”, in Veterinary Research, volume 46, →DOI:However, in countries where wildlife populations are integrated with extensive nomadic and semi-nomadic pastoralism, as would be the case for West and Central Africa, the risk of FMD spread increases not only for the difficulty in applying effective control measures (e.g. pastoralists usually rely on ethnoveterinary practices and move within and between countries in an uncontrolled fashion), but also for the increase in the land-use pressure and conflict between pastoralists and wildlife competing for grazing and water resources.