Özet:

This study was carried out to determine pharmaceutical raw materials used in animal diseases and the folkloric practices for animal diseases in Adıyaman. For this purpose, 81 people engaged with animal breeding in Adıyaman province were interviewed by face to face on a voluntary basis. Data were evaluated by content analysis method. This study revealed that for the purpose of animal breeding and treatment of animal diseases; animal origin (butter, milk, eggs, snakeskin etc), herbal (hiro flower, pursley, sumac etc) and mineral origin (bluestone, soap, ink, salt etc) pharmaceutical raw materials were used in that region. Religious-magic treatment rituals such as amulet writing, feeding with talismanic sweets or hanging the hornbeam tree branches or evil eye on the neck or horns are used when animals are restless, the amount of milk decreases and in order to protect from whammy. Applications such as cupping, air blowing under the skin and etching are applied in some diseases or events like poisoning, jaundice, dislocation, wound etc. As a result, this study shows that Adıyaman has a rich cultural background that extends to ancient civilizations and old veterinary manuscripts. Beside modern treatment methods, empirical and religious-magic treatments are still using to cure animal diseases in this region.

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