Use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by. Fortythree plant species were collected, compressed, and submitted to the national herbarium for botanical classification. Ethnomedicinal studies in this district have been carried out by various researchers. Ethnoveterinary medicine and medicinal plants used in the treatment of livestock diseases in cameroon jean paul dzoyem, roland t. Ethnobotanical investigation of traditional medicinal plants. Ethnoveterinary plant preparations as livestock dewormers. As a result, the need to perform ethno botanical researches and to document the medicinal plants and the associated. The aim was to document the ethnoveterinary medicinal plants, their preparation, and application methods used by traditional healers in. Pdf an ethnoveterinary study of medicinal plants used for the. Abstract medicinal plants are treating and preventing various diseases. Swiss ethnoveterinary knowledge on medicinal plants a withincountry comparison of italian speaking regions with northwestern german speaking regions mayer et al. The therapeutic practices are very common among the tribes of chamla, rich in ethnoveterinary medicinal plants. Traditional ethnoveterinary medicine in east africa. Total 43 plants belonging to 26 families were found to be used in ethnoveterinary practices.
Domestic animals play a very important role in the human civilization. Kanyakumari district of india is well known for its wealth of natural vegetation. Ethnoveterinary botanical survey of medicinal plants in. Pdf ethnoveterinary medicinal plants of tosham block of. Medicinal plants in the ethno veterinary practices of. It is a recognized fact that plants serve a potent medicine for curing various diseases. At present over general observations and studies show that the 35,000 plants are known to have healing properties. Pdf an ethnoveterinary study of medicinal plants used. Ethnoveterinary study of medicinal plants in selected kebeles of dire dawa administration, eastern ethiopia was carried out with the aim of assessing and documenting the indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants used in the local communities. Ethnoveterinary information was gathered through individual interviews and observations among the malayali tribals. Some of medicinal plants practiced and their veterinary uses in ethiopia ethiopian farmers and pastoralists rely on traditional knowledge, practices and locally available materials, plants in particular, to control and manage domestic animal diseases giday and ameni, 2003.
Ethnoveterinary medicine in african organic poultry production. In addition, inappropriate use wrong plant parts, dose, frequency, route of administration, preparation, etc. Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants of tosham block of. Plants used in traditional healthcare of livestock. A total of 26 animal ailments were found in the area to be treated by a variety of medicinal plants table1. The aims of the present study were i to document ethnoveterinary plants and their formulation techniques in an unexplored region of pakistan and ii to select candidate medicinal plants with high consensus factor and fidelity value for further in vitro investigation. Plant remedies are still the most important in therapeutics of treat livestock diseases, though large knowledge of ethno medicinal plants is declining to. Pdf ethnoveterinary medicine and medicinal plants used.
Pdf medicinal plants in the ethnoveterinary practices of. Through the ages plants enabled the human being to survive the wrought of the elements. Surveyed ethnoveterinary medicinal plants were col lected and identified by taxonomist. Medicinal plant use evolved into an art and a science, practised according to the experience, traditions and disease theory of the healer. Ethnoveterinary study of medicinal plants in a tribal. Most of the medicinal plants were collected from the wild 86. A total of 60 informants were interviewed using semistructured questionnaire. Medicinal plants used to control internal and external. Ethnoveterinary medicine of the shervaroy hills of eastern ghats, india as alternative medicine for animals. Najma dharani, the main author and photographer of this manual, in discussion with maasai. Swiss ethnoveterinary knowledge on medicinal plants a. Problems faced in the use of ethnoveterinary medicine are outlined. Ethnoveterinary practices, medicinal plants, odisha, traditional knowledge 1. Healers consensus and cultural importance, social science and medicine 1998.
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine ethnoveterinary plants of ankober district, north shewa zone, amhara region, ethiopia ermias lulekal 0 1 zemede asfaw 0 ensermu kelbessa 0 patrick van damme 1 2 0 department of plant biology and biodiversity management, college of natural sciences, addis ababa university, p. Traditional uses of medicinal plants used by indigenous. Most of the ethnoveterinary medicinal plants were collected from the. A total of 26 medicinal plant species distributed were collected from the study area with the help of traditional healers. Survey of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants at selected horro.
Plant species identified as ethnoveterinary medicinal plants, and their preparation and application methods by the traditional healers in animals, in wondo genet, yabelo, liben and kochere districts, southern ethiopia. A study of medicinal plants used as ethnoveterinary. The use of traditional medicine and medicinal plants in most developing countries, as a normative basis for the maintenance of good health, has been widely observed. In pakistan, communities residing in remote areas, and especially those still attached to pastoralist traditions, have considerable ethnoveterinary herbal knowledge and they sometimes use this. Ethnoveterinary study of medicinal plants in selected kebeles of dire dawa administration, eastern ethiopia was carried out with the aim of assessing and documenting the indigenous knowledge of. Questionnaire format was used to collect the medicinal uses of plants. Animal ailments and preference of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants. The present study was aimed to document detailed ethnopharmacological knowledge of medicinal plants against livestock infections of an unexplored remote region of pakistan. The aims of the present study are to determine the significant plant species utilized in ethnoveterinary medicine of central anatolia region turkey, identify methods used for different veterinary preparations, and to compare the plants used in. Therefore, the present study was designed to document the ethnoveterinary medicinal.
A survey was conducted in the borana rangeland pastoral areas of southern ethiopia between october 1998 and may 1999 to generate information on the ethnoveterinary use of plants. Plants are being used for medicinal purposes by local inhabitants since earliest times. Materials and methods description of the study site tosham block is an administrative unit of 108 villages lies in bhiwani district of haryana state figure. Ethiopian ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in some cultural groups 8,1520, it is found insignificant when compared to the multiethnolinguistic communities found in the country, which have remained largely unexplored. Medicinal plants are used mainly in local, traditional medicine rather than exported to foreign markets. Introduction nature has blessed us with remedies to sustain or restore our health. Ethnoveterinary practices amongst livestock farmers in. In present study we have discussed ethnoveterinary uses, mode of administration, doses and duration of 54 medicinal plant species. In addition, the habit of the medicinal plants indicated that most of them were trees 60. The indigenous technical knowledge itks were ranked based on the frequencies from the number of times each herb, plant was mentioned and agreed in the focus group discussions. This paper presents information on medicinal plants used by resourcelimited farmers to control worms of goats in the eastern cape province of south africa. Ethnoveterinary practices in villupuram district, tamil.
Najma dharani, abiy yenesew ermias aynekulu, beatrice tuei ramni jamnadass editor. An ethnoveterinary study of medicinal plants used for the. Besides human being, plants are used as medicines for many domestic animals. Ethnoveterinary therapeutic practices and conservation. Ethnoveterinary practice involves the application of knowledge, skills, methods, practices, and beliefs about animal health care found among community members in the field of animal health it utilizes different ingredients including plants, animals, minerals, folk medicine, and even praying can be conducted in some communities mccorkle and mathiasmundy, 1992. External parasite and skin problem have the highest icf 0. Participants at a group meeting of maasai women discuss the use of medicinal plants c. A survey for documentation of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants used by the malayali traditional healers in peddanaickenpalayam block of salem district, tamil nadu, southern india has been conducted during june 2010 to november 2010. Abdelsalam, 2 riazullah, 3 andabdullatifkhan 4 department of botany, kohat university of science and technology, kohat.
Ethnoveterinary plants of ankober district, north shewa. A manual on the use of medicinal plants i traditional ethnoveterinary medicine in east africa. A total of 49 plant species used to treat 26 animal ailments were botanically classified and distributed into 34 families. Ethnoveterinary medicine and medicinal plants used in the treatment of livestock diseases in cameroon chapter pdf available january 2020 with 295 reads how we measure reads. The average household size is five, about 45% of residents are illiterate, 23% can speak or write english, 27% can speak and or write other languages and 5% can speak english. Research article ethnoveterinary study of medicinal plants in a tribal society of sulaiman range akashtariq, 1 sakinamussarat, 1 muhammadadnan, 1 naserm.
Although until recently the majority of the evidence on the antiparasitic activity of medicinal plants was anecdotal. Use and management of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants by indigenous people in boosat welenchiti area, ethiop j biol sci. In a normal day, they are fed, clothed, beautified, transported and sheltered by plants. Due to poor availability of modern healthcare facilities and poverty of indigenous people, they depend on local medicinal plants. Medicinal plant extracts widely used in the control of. Ethnoveterinary medicine is crucial in many rural areas of the world since people living in remote and marginal areas rely significantly on traditional herbal therapies to treat their domestic animals. Plants used as ethnoveterinary medicines in sikkim himalayas. Ethno veterinary practices of india with particular reference to use of plant bio resources in animal health care. Ethnoveterinary practices cover peoples knowledge, skills, methods, practices and belief. Preservation and taxonomical verifications of plant species. A total of 63 different ethnoveterinary medicinal plants used by various farmers of the study areas to treat a wide range of animal disease situations were collected and submitted to the national herbarium of addis ababa university for botanical classification. It is a recognized fact that plants serve a potent medicine for curing various diseases 1. Pastoralist communities often rely on medicinal plants to treat their livestock b. Box 3434, addis ababa, ethiopia 1 laboratory for tropical and.
Pdf an ethnoveterinary study on plants used in the. Semistructured questionnaires were used for data collection. Swiss ethnoveterinary knowledge on medicinal plants journal of. Pdf ethnoveterinary study of medicinal plants in selected kebeles of dire dawa administration, eastern ethiopia was carried out with the aim.
This research detailed the use of 37 medicinal plants to treat ailments in animals such as diarrhea, dysentery, digestive disorders, injury, wound. The 180 informants were interviewed from six villages in total, 30 from each village 20 male and 10 female regarding the ethnoveterinary uses of plants in several ailments. An ethnoveterinary botanical survey of medicinal plants. Information was collected by direct interview of 24 healers and 97 livestock owners. Research article ethnoveterinary study of medicinal plants. Medicinal plants used by them are given with botanical name, family, common name, local name, animal name, animal condition, useful parts, mode of preparation and medicinal uses. Plants used in ethnoveterinary medicine by malayali. In most scenarios, similar to other forms of traditional knowledge, the ethnoveterinary medicinal plant knowledge, is not compiled19, in ethiopia is passed. Plant species identified as ethnoveterinary medicinal plants, and their preparation and application methods by the traditional healers in animals. Pdf ethnoveterinary medicine of the shervaroy hills of. Field work was conducted to document the ethnoveterinary medicine used by members of the indigenous community in sikkim himalayas, india, in order to treat ailments of their livestock. Ethno veterinary practices of india with particular. Phytotherapy, with its roots in the past, it is still relevant within every culture and meaningful in the present, offering. The use of medicinal plants for the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal parasitism has its origin in ethnoveterinary medicine.
This study was conducted to properly document the ethnoveterinary activities in. Plant diversity and ethnoveterinary practices of ethiopia. Farmers used medicinal plants for various reasons, that is, they are effective 69. Ethnoveterinary, malakand valley, medicinal plants, traditional knowledge, livestock background plants are being used for medicinal purposes by local inhabitants since earliest times.
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