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Symptoms are classified into diagnostic categories: Turkana's view of livestock diseases

African Study Monographs (3)Published In 1984 • Pages: 71-93

By: Ohta, Itaru.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source discusses the meaning of Turkana names of 37 livestock diseases and the symptoms, etiology, and treatment of the 37 diseases. The source also includes scattered information on Turkana pastoral activities and ethnobotany as it relates to the treatment of livestock diseases. The author concludes that with respect to disease diagnosis and treatment, applied animal science is not very well developed among the Turkana.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Applied animal science
Pastoral activities
Vocabulary
Glossary
Ethnobotany
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Turkana
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2019
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Gerald Reid ; 1989
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1978-1983
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
around Lake Turkana, Kenya
NotesAdditional notes
Itaru Ohta
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Turkana (African people)