Ethnozoological scatology: a situational report on the utilisation of animal excrement in traditional medicine in Ghana

Evans Paul Kwame Ameade, Stephen Gmawurim, Emmanuel Adom

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DOI: 10.1186/s12906-025-05089-1
Published: 2025-10-21
Container: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s12906-025-05089-1,
  title = {Ethnozoological scatology: a situational report on the utilisation of animal excrement in traditional medicine in Ghana},
  author = {Evans Paul Kwame Ameade and Stephen Gmawurim and Emmanuel Adom},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies},
  doi = {10.1186/s12906-025-05089-1},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-025-05089-1}
}

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Ameade, E. P. K., Gmawurim, S., & Adom, E. (2025). Ethnozoological scatology: a situational report on the utilisation of animal excrement in traditional medicine in Ghana. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-025-05089-1

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