ABSTRACT
Southeast Asia (SEA) is geographically divided into two regions: mainland SEA (or Indochina) and the Maritime SEA (or the Malay Archipelago). The subcontinent (Figure 7.1) includes Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (East Timor), Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Four of the world’s 25 main biodiversity hot spots lie in SEA (Myers et al., 2000). The major hot spots are Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam with 29,000, 15,500, 11,625, and 10,500 plant species, respectively (Anon., 2004). Based on traditional and cultural practice, medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) constitute a major portion of health care in these parts of the world. For instance, it was estimated that in Lao PDR, about 77% of the population uses traditional treatments (Sydara et al., 2005). In Indonesia, on
7.4 Use of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Animals ...................................... 175 7.5 Scientic Studies on the Use of Plant Extracts in Animals .......................... 180 7.6 Future Potential for the Development of MAPs in Veterinary
Health Care ................................................................................................... 183 7.7 Conclusions ................................................................................................... 183 References .............................................................................................................. 183
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the other hand, 40% of the population uses traditional medicine, with 28% from the in rural areas (World Health Organization [WHO], 2001). The status of countries of SEA and their ethnic makeup are discussed briey in the following section.
