@article{fdi:010061292,
  title = {{T}raditional pharmacopeia in small scale freshwater fish farms in {W}est {J}ava, {I}ndonesia : an ethnoveterinary approach},
  author = {{C}aruso, {D}omenico and {L}usiastuti, {A}. {M}. and {T}aukhid, and {S}lembrouck, {J}acques and {K}omarudin, {O}. and {L}egendre, {M}arc},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he use of plants for herbal medicine in the {I}ndonesian aquaculture is still poorly known. {T}he present study aimed to provide an inventory of the plants used by fish farmers, establishing their respective ethnobotanic importance and identifying the variables that determine the use and the choice of these plants in fish health management. {A} survey based on a semi-directive questionnaire was conducted using a representative sample of fish farmers (n = 504 from 176 villages) from the province of {W}est {J}ava. {O}f these fish farmers, 46% [41%, 50%; {CI}95%] of them use plants in their farms and 79 species of plants belonging to 36 families have been identified. {M}ost of these plants were common plants used also traditionally in human pharmacopeia. {F}our categories of plant use were identified namely: improvement of water quality; reduction of fish stress; increase of fish resistance to pathogens; and treatment of fish diseases (when an outbreak occurred). {I}n order to appraise the significance of plant usage, the following ethnobotanic parameters were determined: the {U}se {V}alue ({UV}), the {F}idelity {L}evel ({FL}) and the {I}nformant {C}onsensus {F}actor ({ICF}). {T}he {U}se {V}alue ({UV}) was generally low for plants except for {C}arica papaya which reached the highest {UV} scores. {T}he majority of the plants were used according to personal experience of the fish farmers and the knowledge related to herbal therapy appeared variable among fish farmers. {O}nly 26 species of plants had a {UV} > 0.025. {T}he highest {F}idelity {L}evel ({FL}) value was obtained for {C}. papaya. {T}he {I}nformant {C}onsensus {F}actor ({ICF}) of each plant usage was relatively high for all four categories of use - ranging from 0.78 to 0.88 - but the same plant may have several therapeutic indications. {T}he use of plants, as well as their variety and number, depended not only on fish species, production systems and production areas but also on social characteristics such as the professional experience of fish farmers and their ethnic origin. {T}o our knowledge, this is the first ethnobotanic survey specifically applied to aquaculture. {I}t was able to identify the species of plants used in the {W}est {J}ava {P}rovince, and how they are used. {I}t also highlighted the significance of traditional {I}ndonesian herbal therapy in aquaculture. {T}he use of several plants in aquaculture is reported for the first time in this study.},
  keywords = {{AQUACULTURE} ; {POISSON} ; {MALADIE} ; {NUTRITION} {ANIMALE} ; {PHARMACOPEE} ; {PLANTE} {MEDICINALE} ; {ENQUETE} ; {F}ish disease ; {F}reshwater aquaculture ; {T}raditional drugs ; {V}eterinary ; ethnopharmacology ; {H}erbal therapy ; {S}ustainability ; {INDONESIE} ; {JAVA}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}quaculture},
  volume = {416},
  numero = {},
  pages = {334--345},
  ISSN = {0044-8486},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.09.048},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061292},
}