Ethnozoological study of medicinal animals used by the inhabitants of the Kucha District, Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Meselech Mengistu,
Mulugeta Kebebew,
Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow
Abstract:Background
An ethnozoological study of medicinal animals in the Kucha district, Gamo zone, Southern Ethiopia, was conducted to investigate and document the use of traditional medicinal animals and the associated indigenous knowledge. Tribal people still make abundant use of animals and their parts to manage diseases in humans and even livestock.
Method
A cross sectional study design and purposively sampling techniques were used. Data were collected… Show more
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