Ethnoveterinary Usage of Medicinal plants in Pachamalai Hills, Tamil Nadu, India

Medicinal plants played an important role in the healthcare of domestic animal around the world for several thousand years.     The traditional medical systems are generally based on the uses of natural and local medicinal plants.  Non accessibility of modern health facilities necessitate that thepractice traditional medicines for their common day ailments of various animals.Relationship animals by the human beings have always been associated with a specific relation with the quality of patient’s daily life and personal hygiene.  For the present study, a total number of 50 plants belonging different family are reported that are used by the local people to treat various animal disease.  The study also suggests that need to adopt appropriate measures that are used in documenting the ethnoveterinary medicinal practices in Pachamalai Hills, Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu.