DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2024.v12i04.002

Pages: 72-75

Bone fractures in domestic and pet animals were treated with oral administration of Plant formulations in the villages of Nallamalla Forest regions of Eastern Ghats of India, Andhra Pradesh. A total of 37 plant species with therapeutical importance were identified and these species were belonging to 34 genera and 27 families. plant formulations were prepared from these plant species for treating bone fractures. Bone fractures are caused due to accidents and are accompanied by severe pain, swelling and injuries also. In this modern era more than 80% population still depends traditional medicine (Anonymous, 2002). Ethno medicinal / ethano veterinary use of plants is successful criteria in the pharmaceutical industry for searching new therapeutic agents (Cox and Balick, 1994). Various authors studied the ethno veterinary practices in different parts of Andhra Pradesh (Murty and Narasimha Rao, 2012; Lakshminarayana and Narasimha Rao, 2013 a; 2013b; 2013c; 2015a and 2015b). In continuation with our earlier work on external application of medicated poultice for treating bone fractures (Jayanth Babu et al., 2024), we are presenting the oral administration of plant formulations prepared from medicated herbs for treating the bone fractures in domestic animals of the villages in Nallamalla forest region of Andhra Pradesh.