Online information system for ­phytotherapy in animals

Kupper, J; Walkenhorst, M; Ayrle, H; Mevissen, M.; Demuth, D; Naegeli, H (2018). Online information system for ­phytotherapy in animals. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 160(10), pp. 589-595. Gesellschaft Schweizer Tierärztinnen und Tierärzte 10.17236/sat00178

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Phytotherapy becomes increasingly popular in veterinary medicine. To fully exploit the therapeutic potential of medicinal plants and ensure their safe use, knowledge about the effective plant parts and preparations is required. Improper use and overdosage of medicinal plants can be toxic. With www.phytoarznei.ch, we provide an online decision support aid that allows for the retrieval of currently available information on medicinal plants and their use in domestic animals. This decision support system is based on the available literature in the field, which after critical evaluation has been incorporated into a structured database. For each medicinal plant or drug, we have listed therapeutic indications, different application types, organoleptic properties, plant ingredients, pharmacological effects, dosages, duration of treatment, toxicity, legal frame for use in livestock and relevance for doping. A user-friendly access to all data is achieved by means of two search programs, either by entering the plant name or name of the drug in a search field or by selecting the desired animal species and therapeutic application from respective drop-down lists. This database on medicinal plant applications in animals is linked to the poisonous plant database of the University of Zurich and, for marketed preparations, to the Swiss compendium of veterinary medicinal products as well as to an index of related veterinary products.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Review Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology

UniBE Contributor:

Mevissen, Meike

Subjects:

600 Technology > 630 Agriculture
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
500 Science > 580 Plants (Botany)
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1664-2848

Publisher:

Gesellschaft Schweizer Tierärztinnen und Tierärzte

Language:

German

Submitter:

Aniela Bittner

Date Deposited:

03 Feb 2020 15:30

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:35

Publisher DOI:

10.17236/sat00178

PubMed ID:

30301712

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.138116

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/138116

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