Browsing by Subject "Transhumance"

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    Ethnoveterinary medicine and Ethnopharmacology in the main transhumance areas of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
    (Frontiers Media, 2022-05-03) Rivera Núñez, Diego; Verde, Alonso; Fajardo Rodríguez, José; Ríos, Segundo; Alcaraz Ariza, Francisco José; Cárceles Rodríguez, Carlos; Ortiz Sánchez, Juana María; Valdés, Arturo; Ruíz-Gallardo, José Reyes; García-Flores, Aida; Palazón Ferrando, José Antonio; Obón, Concepción; Sanidad Animal
    In this study, we document the practices of ethnoveterinary medicine and ethnopharmacology in the context of traditional transhumance routes that cross Castilla La Mancha from north to south. Transhumance is a type of grazing system that allows advantage to be taken of winter pastures (wintering places) and summer pastures by seasonal movement, twice a year, of cattle and their shepherds. Our study is based on over 200 interviews (from 1994 to 2021) conducted in 86 localities along eight major transhumance routes “cañadas reales” and 25 other minor transhumance routes, and involved 210 informants, 89 single and 121 groups, and 562 individuals, of which the majority were men. Sixty-three recorded pathologies and their treatments are discussed. Two hundred and two species and substances, belonging to 92 different families, have been recorded from the interviews, of which most are plants. Amid the toxic plant species, the most cited in the interviews are Erophaca baetica (L.) Boiss., Lupinus angustifolius L., and Oenanthe crocata L. Some of the species reported as toxic were reservoirs of pathogens or markers for dangerous areas. One of the fields most widely covered in our study is that of prevention, protection, and control of endo- and ectoparasites. This control is carried out mainly by means of aromatic plants. As a polyvalent species, Daphne gnidium L. is outstanding, and it contributes one-tenth of the records of our study. Among the species of fundamentally therapeutic use, Cistus ladanifer L. stands out by far. Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) based on the repertories of ingredients, separates the routes whose most important sections run through siliceous terrain with its characteristic flora, especially in the provinces of Ciudad Real and Toledo, from the routes that run through the limestone terrain of Albacete and Cuenca, and link the Eastern Mancha and the “Serranía de Cuenca” with Andalusia and the Spanish Levant.
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    Transhumance in Sierra de Segura (Spain): a resilient traditional grazing system
    (Elsevier, 2024) Contreras de Vera, Antonio; Gómez Martín, Angel; Maestre, Teresa; Rincón Madroñero, Marina; Magalhaes Barbosa, Jomar; Velamazán, Mario; Sanidad Animal
    Transhumance is tending to continuously decline globally, despite persisting in certain regions. Due to marked lack of knowledge about this practice and its cultural, economic, and environmental significance, our study aimed to identify the factors that contribute to the persistence of transhumance. We focused on ruminant herds of a transhumant community in the Santiago-Pontones municipality in Sierra de Segura, Spain. We processe d offi-cial data from ruminant livestock enterprises and incorporated insights gained as observer-participants durings even transhumant displacements from 2016 to 2023. . The census included 55042 ruminant heads and 118 herds,and 70% of animals and 61% of herds practiced transhumance. These herds wintered in pastures located withina range from 33 to 176 linear kilometers from their respective origins that span 15 municipalities. Significant diferences were observed between sedentary and transhumant farm sizes (363 vs. 533 heads, respectively). Transhumance correlated significantly with herd size, number of sheep, percentage of female goats and number of ruminant species in herds. Women owned 19 % of ruminant enterprises, with no differences in herd structure or displacement type compared to those owned by men. Of the transhumant herds, 66% traveled on foot, with no significant differences in herd structure parameters or distances based on their transport system, except that on-foot transhumant herds commenced their displacements earlier than those using trucks. In conclusion, our study outlines an active transhumant community in southeast Spain, whose resilience isa noteworthy asset that de-serves recognition and safeguarding.
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    La trashumancia del ovino segureño: una oportunidad para la innovación docente en veterinaria
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de publicaciones, 2021) Contreras de Vera, Antonio; Sánchez López, Antonio; Corrales Romero, Juan Carlos; García Galán, Ana; García Romero, Edgar; Rodríguez; Fé Rodríguez, David Christian de la; Aldeguer Aldeguer, María Paz; Gómez Martín, Ángel
    La importancia de la producción de cordero en el Sureste, la existencia de un núcleo de trashumantes de ovino en la Sierra de Segura, y la consideración de la trashumancia como manifestación representativa del patrimonio cultural inmaterial nos ha llevado a explorar el potencial docente de la trashumancia con ovino segureño para estudiantes de veterinaria. Entre 2016 y 2019, cuatro profesores y dieciocho estudiantes de veterinaria de las Universidades de Murcia y Cardenal Herrera (UCH-CEU) de Valencia, hemos realizado diecinueve jornadas de trashumancia. Entre las acciones de innovación docente generadas destaca la exposición fotográfica “La Vereda de los Pontoneros” y el documental “Trashumancia, la Última Frontera”. Proponemos la integración de una semana de trashumancia en el periodo de las dos semanas de prácticas tuteladas con la Asociación Nacional de Criadores de Ovino Segureño (ANCOS), discutimos su integración en el grado de Veterinaria de Murcia y evidenciamos el interés docente de esta actividad inmersiva, que supera los propios contenidos del grado de veterinaria
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    La trashumancia desde el ámbito geográfico: una propuesta práctica para profundizar en el patrimonio cultural
    (Asociación española de Geografía, 2022-12-01) Palazón Botella, María Dolores; Contreras de Vera, Antonio; Griñán Montealegre, María; Gómez Martín, Ángel; Historia del Arte
    La trashumancia es una práctica ganadera ancestral que lucha por pervivir mientras se apuntala su consideración como patrimonio inmaterial. Su conocimiento en el ámbito universitario se ha ceñido tradicionalmente a los estudios de veterinaria, pero las implicaciones culturales y patrimoniales que subyacen en la misma hacen que pueda ser foco de atención de otras áreas. Ello es lo que se pretende demostrar en el presente trabajo, donde se analizan los resultados de una propuesta práctica, basada en la conjugación de metodologías cuantitativas y cualitativas, desarrollada para vincular con el patrimonio de esta actividad los contenidos teóricos de la asignatura de “Patrimonio Cultural” del Grado en Ciencia y Tecnología Geográficas de la Universidad de Murcia. Las conclusiones obtenidas han puesto de relieve que impulsar ejercicios sostenidos en la educación patrimonial facilita la comprensión y aplicación de las competencias que un futuro geógrafo debe dominar en este campo de trabajo.