Document Abstract
Published:
2001
Nuer ethno-veterinary knowledge: a resource manual findings of a preliminary study
Nuer veterinary knowledge and western veterinary knowledge: can they complement one another?
This study is associated with the OLS Livestock Programme. The study attempts to investigate whether the work of the programme could be better integrated with local Nuer veterinary knowledge and practice.
The article finds that:
- it is both possible and desirable to fit ‘western’ veterinary medicine within the framework of what the Nuer (and other groups in Southern Sudan) already do to maintain the health of their animals
- the best livestock programme for Southern Sudan will result from a combination of the best of both local and western knowledge
