Table 1 |
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Categories of diseases treated with zootherapeutic remedies in Northeast Brazil, according to the Brazilian Centre of Diseases Classification and the number of species used per category. |
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| Categories of diseases |
Number of medicinal animals |
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| Some infections and parasitic diseases |
58 |
| Respiratory system |
132 |
| Digestive system |
38 |
| Undefined illnesses |
71 |
| External causes of morbidity and mortality |
45 |
| Osteomuscular system and conjunctive tissue |
71 |
| Injuries, poisoning and other consequences of external causes |
77 |
| Urinogenital system |
19 |
| Circulatory system |
64 |
| Skin and subcutaneous tissue |
44 |
| Nervous system |
27 |
| Neoplasias (tumours) |
12 |
| Ear (middle and inner ear) and mastoid apophysis |
32 |
| Blood and haematopoeitic organs, and some disorders of the immune system |
4 |
| Pregnancy, parturition, and puerperium |
7 |
| Symptoms, signs, and abnormal findings from medical and laboratorial examination, not categorized in other part or section |
9 |
| Mental and behavioral perturbations |
12 |
| Diseases of the endocrine glands, metabolism and nutrition |
3 |
| Ophthalmological diseases |
13 |
| Congenital malformations, deformities and cromossomic abnormalities |
2 |
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