?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2Fid%2Feprint%2F28138%2F&rft.title=Treatment+of+Organic+Livestock+with+Medicinal+Plants%3A+A+Systematic+Review+of+European+Ethnoveterinary+Research&rft.creator=Mayer%2C+Maria&rft.creator=Vogl%2C+Christian+R.&rft.creator=Amorena%2C+Michele&rft.creator=Hamburger%2C+Matthias&rft.creator=Walkenhorst%2C+Michael&rft.subject=+Health+and+welfare&rft.subject=+Regulation&rft.description=Background%3A+The+EC+Regulation+for+Organic+Farming+states+that+organic+livestock+should+be+treated+preferably+with+phytotherapeutic+products.+In+spite+of+the+high+importance+of+organic+livestock+in+Europe%2C+primarily+ruminants%2C+today+almost+no+phytotherapeutic+product+is+registered+for+livestock.+Also%2C+scientific+information+regarding+veterinary+phytotherapy+is+rare.+The+aim+of+this+paper+is+to+find+approaches+to+cope+with+health+problems+of+organic+ruminants+in+Europe+on+the+basis+of+findings+from+the+European+ethnoveterinary+medicine+(EuEVM).+Methods%3A+A+systematic+review+of+ethno-biomedicinal+papers+was+conducted+with+the+aid+of+the+Scopus+database%2C+and+75+papers%2C+from+European+countries+were+analyzed+regarding+ethnoveterinary+information.+Results%3A+A+total+of+590+plant+species+referring+to+102+different+plant+families+are+reported+to+be+used+for+animal+treatment%2C+with+Asteraceae%2C+Fabaceae+and+Lamiaceae+being+the+most+important+families.+The+traditional+use+of+some+plant+species+(e.g.+mallow%2C+chamomile%2C+wormwood)+corresponds+with+findings+from+recent+scientific+literature.+The+large+number+of+less+studied+plant+species%2C+such+as+white+lupin+as+an+antiparasitic+herb%2C+and+Helleborus+spp.+as+potential+immunostimulatory+agent%2C+opens+an+interesting+field+for+future+research.+Conclusions%3A+In+general%2C+EuEVM+provides+interesting+treatment+approaches+for+gastrointestinal+and+dermatological+disorders+as+well+as+parasitosis.+Findings+regarding+disorders+of+female+genital+or+respiratory+tract+are+less+consistent.%0D%0ANevertheless%2C+EuEVM+offers+a+solid+basis+for+stimulating+research+in+veterinary+phytotherapy+in+Europe+with+a+perspective+to+solve+animal+health+problems+in+organic+or+even+nonorganic+ruminant+production.&rft.date=2014&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=%2Fid%2Feprint%2F28138%2F1%2FMayer-etal-2014-forschendeKomplementaermedizin-21-p375-386.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=%2Fid%2Feprint%2F28138%2F7%2FMayer-etal-2014-forschendeKomplementaermedizin-21-p375-386_Tables.pdf&rft.identifier=+++Mayer%2C+Maria%3B+Vogl%2C+Christian+R.%3B+Amorena%2C+Michele%3B+Hamburger%2C+Matthias+and+Walkenhorst%2C+Michael+++(2014)+Treatment+of+Organic+Livestock+with+Medicinal+Plants%3A+A+Systematic+Review+of+European+Ethnoveterinary+Research.+++Forschende+Komplement%C3%A4rmedizin+%2C+21%2C+pp.+375-386.++++++++