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The animal products, such as meat, milk, skin, blood, honey, and urine, have medicinal value for human diseases. Due to having high-quality components, poultry meat has therapeutic value. The present review aimed to describe the medicinal values of poultry meat for individuals who consume it during their life. Most poultry meat is classified as white meat, which contains lower fat and higher protein, compared with the meat of ovine, bovine, and pig. This feature of poultry meat (lower fat and higher protein) helps its consumers to have a normal physiological function of different organ systems. Moreover, it prevents many non-infectious diseases, including overweight, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Selenium and low contents of carcinogenic substances (myoglobin, heme iron, and saturated fat) in poultry meat also prevent different types of cancers. Poultry meat is also recommended to avoid anemia, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes. Dietary proteins, vitamins, and minerals in chicken meat are used for anti-aging, developing muscle and bone, improving the immune system, and increasing brain function. Traditionally, poultry is recommended as a supportive treatment for respiratory diseases, such as the common cold. Thus, consumption of poultry meat, especially chickens, up to 300g/once a week is recommended to prevent and reduce the risks of gastrointestinal cancers such as oesophageal cancer. Generally, regular consumption of poultry meat has health benefits for humans to prevent and reduce the risk of different diseases as chicken meat is a rich source of nutrition that can enhance the immunity system and tackle human disease risk factors. Keywords: Consumption, Health benefits, Meat, Poultry

A cross-sectional study was conducted on bovine hydatidosis from May 2018 to November 2020 with the aims of finding its incidence and economic losses in bovine slaughtered for human consumption in Dalomana municipality abattoir. Usual ante mortem and post-mortem inspection was carried out on overall of 430 selected slaughtered cattle. From this total inspected, 82(19.1%) of them had harboured hydatid cyst (s) in one or more of their organ’s. Age and body condition as a risk factor were statistically significant as older zebus and medium were more infected (P < 0.05, χ2 = 14.597 and p value < 0.05 χ2 = 9.68) respectively. Similarly, the geographical origin of the animals had significant contribution on hyadatid cyst distribution (P < 0.05, χ2 = 12.724). Sex was statistically non-significant (P > 0.05, χ2 = 0.74) and have no difference.The single and multiple organs were infected by hydatid cysts. From the total of 282 hydatid cysts collected and characterized lung and liver took more percentage in harboring cysts, from this 137(48.58%) and 126(44.68%) cysts were observed in lung and liver respectively and 19(6.74%) are observed in other organ, such as spleen kidney, and heart. The study indicated that annual economic failure due to direct organ condemnation and indirect carcass weight loss from the disease in Dalomana was estimated to be 105769.657 ETB. Hence, bovine hydatidosis is significantly a common disease in cattle, with severe public health fears and leads considerable observable and undetectable losses in bovine in Dalomana and its surroundings.

Traditional knowledge on the use of medicinal plants is in danger of extinction because of different changes taking place all over the world including Ethiopia and thus there is a need for its immediate documentation for the purpose of conservation, sustainable utilization and development. Thus, an ethnobotanical study was conducted in Dalomana District, Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia to document and analyze local knowledge on medicinal plants used for the treatment of animal diseases. The overall objective of the study were to investigate ethnobotany of traditional medicinal plants used to treat livestock diseases in Dalomana district, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia. Data were collected between June, 2021 and February, 2022 mainly through semi-interviews conducted with purposively selected informants. Data collected mainly included demographic information of respondents, local names of medicinal plants, plant parts used, preparation methods, mode of applications, diseases treated, and habit and habitat of the reported plants. Based on data obtained through interviews, Informant Consensus Factor (ICF) values were computed. A total of 55 medicinal plants used to manage livestock ailment were reported by informants in the Dalomana District. Herbs were commonly used in the preparation of remedies. Leaf was the most frequently utilized plant part accounting for 49.1% of the total reported medicinal plants. The majority (69.0%) of the medicinal plants used in the study District were uncultivated ones mainly harvested from edges of forests and bushlands, roadsides, river banks and grasslands. High ICF values were obtained for ophthalmological (0.82), dermatological (0.79), febrile (0.77) and gastro-intestinal ailments (0.77). The current study shows that there is still rich traditional knowledge on the use of plants to control various animal diseases in study District. However, such claim needs to be scientifically verified with piriority given to medicinal plants used in the treatment of ailment catagories with high ICF values as such plants are considered to be good candidates for further pharmacological evaluations

Traditional medicine refers to health practices, approaches, knowledge and beliefs incorporating plant, animal and mineral-based medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques and exercises, applied singularly or in combination to treat, diagnose and prevent illnesses or maintain well-being. A reconnaissance survey was conducted between March 25 to May 5, 2022. The main objective of the study intends to examine the costs of input, total income and expenditure of traditional healer and identify the economic benefits of those applications of traditional medicine for the country Dalomana Southeastern, Ethiopia. The study sites were selected depending on recommendation from elders, local authorities, and altitudinal range. Thus, the study was carried out in eight PA from two agro-climatic zones. Dallo Manna. The income they generated from their jobs is recorded. The daily income is recorded. The major incomes are direct selling of the drugs as pharmacists and amount of earns they get from diagnosis and treatment of patients. Some practitioners also sell the other products which taken with drugs such as honey and other oil. The total benefit (profits) from the job is analyzed with an average of 650.8 birr daily generated as income and annually 237542 birr is estimated to be as total profit for traditional healer. Analysis of production cost structure revealed that the highest proportion of the production costs across the lead traditional healer for used health related technology and neglect technological and coset went to cost of labor (58%) and different technological activities (22%). As opposed to the traditionally used application of technology was produce more than normal amount of birr without applications., the current study indicated that reduced uses of technology for benefits increased yield per unit area but traditional healer challenged the researchers to improve the feasibility of using reduced seed rate for both row planting and broadcasting.