Use of ethno-veterinary medicine for the control if cattle parasites by smallholder farmers in Mutas District, Zimbabwe

Mwale, Marizvikuru; Gadzirayi, C. T.; Mapiye, Cletos; Menanga, M; Kuchenga, MM; Mupangwa, J.F.

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“…The highest JI index was found with a previous report from South Pacific Island countries [42] with JI=6.41, and West Bank, Palestine [43] with JI=5.36. The lower JI index such as JI=1.92 was found with the study conducted in Mutas District, Zimbabwe [44].…”

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“…The lowest JI values were for the studies conducted in the Gujar Tribe, Kashmir Himalaya [46] and Mutas District, Zimbabwe [44]. These studies were carried out at a greater distance from our study location, and thereby reflect a greater difference in ethnoveterinary knowledge due to differences in population size, species diversity, and habitat structure.…”

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Ethnoveterinary medicinal plant knowledge and practice among the Zemmour and Zayane tribes in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco.

Chaachouay

Zidane

2022

Proceedings of MOL2NET'22, Conference on Molecular, Biomedical &Amp; Computational Sciences and Engineering, 8th Ed. - MOL2NET:

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The popular use of medicinal plants in healthcare practices among the indigenous communities provides the basis for natural drug discovery development. The present research was aimed to document detailed ethnoveterinary knowledge of medicinal plants used for medicinal purposes. The field study was carried out from January 2016 to December 2020 in Zemmour and Zayane tribes (Middle Atlas). In total, 300 local informants were interviewed, using open-ended and semi-structured interviews. The benefits, coverage, and importance of ethnoveterinary was expressed through several quantitative indices including Informant Consensus Factor (FIC), Fidelity Level (FL), Relative Popularity Level (RPL), Rank Order Priority (ROP), and Jaccard Index (JI). A total of 150 plant species belonging to 129 genera and 56 families were found to be used in ethnoveterinary practices. The most commonly used ethnoveterinary plant species in the study areas was Allium sativum L. (16.7%). Leaves were found to be the most frequent plant part used (46.5%). The highest FIC value was 0.9 for digestive disorders. Artemisia herba-alba Asso and Asparagus officinalis L. show a 100% fidelity level for diarrhea and rabies respectively. Rank Order Priority (ROP) results showed that Eucalyptus globulus Labill. (ROP=74), was the most preferred species for the treatment of fever. The present study showed that local communities in the Middle Atlas have consistent knowledge of ethnoveterinary plants. We invite the attention of chemists and pharmacologists for further phytochemical and pharmacological investigations of medicinal plants having high ROP, FL, and FIC values in this study. that includes the use of plant-based medicines to cure human and animal health [3].Ethnoveterinary medicine (EVM) is a system based on folk traditional skills, methods, knowledge, theories, beliefs, and practices for curing various diseases, healthful husbandry, and maintaining good health of our animals [4][5][6].This knowledge and skills of ethnoveterinary practices are learned through experience and transmitted orally from generation to generation [7]. Today, despite industrial development, this traditional knowledge has vanished in some parts of the developed world [6]. This constitutes a threat to the evolution and sustainability of indigenous knowledge over time. The importance of this body of knowledge is best explained by the African proverb, "When a knowledgeable old person dies, a whole library disappears" [8]. On the other hand, EVM is still playing an important role in livelihood development and sustainable livestock farming in many poor rural areas of the globe [9], and often becomes the only available means for farmers to treat animals illnesses. The use of EVM to control livestock diseases has been cited by the World Health Organization [10], who estimated that 80% of the population living in developing countries relies exclusively on traditional medicine for their primary health care.More than half of the world's population still relies entirely on plants for medic...

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Ethnoveterinary medicinal plant knowledge and practice among the Zemmour and Zayane tribes in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco.

Chaachouay

Zidane

2022

Proceedings of MOL2NET'22, Conference on Molecular, Biomedical &Amp; Computational Sciences and Engineering, 8th Ed. - MOL2NET:

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“…The low record of Newcastle disease (1.82%) observed in the study is not in agreement to the nding by Malatji et al(2016) who reported that over 71.80% of the farmers indicated Newcastle disease to be the most important constraint that caused chicken mortality in both the studied provinces, thereby affecting 23% and 49% of the farms in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces respectively. Utilisation of ethnoveterinary medicine for management of diseases is not a new practice(Mwale et al 2006;Muchadeyi et al, 2005), and Aloe species is reported to treat Newcastle Disease in Kenya(Okitoi et al, 2007).…”

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Mating practices, breeding objectives and trait preferences of village chicken farmers in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Rasekgoalo,

Raphulu,

Sebei

et al. 2023

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Sustainable production improvement strategies suited for the resource-limited farmers are sought to replace the misaligned crossbreeding strategies that threaten adaptable genetic resources. This study will contribute towards bridging the knowledge gap that exists on the potential of the village chicken production system and the breeding practices applied by rural farmers in managing their flocks. A survey study on the 55 indigenous chicken farmers was conducted in Sekhukhune (n = 33) and Capricorn (n = 22) Districts of Limpopo Province with the objective to characterise the production environments in order to better understand the traditional mating and selection practices and to identify farmer breeding objectives and trait preferences. Farmers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to acquire general household information, breeding and flock management, purpose of keeping chickens and traits of interest to the farmers. Fifty percent of the respondents were household heads, aged ≥ 61 (49.06%). Majority (96.36%) of the farmers owned at least one cock of local breed (88.89%), that are hatched and grown in the house (88.46%). All farmers practised uncontrolled breeding. Farmers keep chickens for meat consumption (40.35%), egg consumption (19.30%), passion (19.30%), and income (16.67%). Plumage colour (25.97%), mothering ability (28.57%), and body size (23.38%) were the traits considered in selecting hens for breeding purpose while body size (50.00%) and plumage colour (41.38%) were used in the selection of cocks. The study highlights the village chicken production potential and can aid in providing recommendations for improvement strategies that are suited for the management and breeding preferences of the farmers.

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Use of traditional veterinary medicine in Nhema communal area of the Midlands province, Zimbabwe

Maroyi

2012

Afr. J. Trad. Compl. Alt. Med.

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This study documents the use of ethno-veterinary medicine to treat livestock in Nhema communal area in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe. This study employed oral interviews and detailed discussions with 69 smallholder farmers and 3 traditional healers. The local people use 23 plant species belonging to 16 families as ethno-veterinary remedies. Two plant families were particularly frequent in usage: Fabaceae and Solanaceae, while the most utilized plant species were Aloe chabaudii (UV = 0.69), Aloe greatheadii (UV = 0.65), Adenium multiflorum (UV = 0.63), Vernonia amygdalina (UV = 0.61), Nicotiana tabacum (UV = 56), Solanum lycopersicum (UV = 55), Capsicum annum (UV = 53) and Pouzolzia hypoleuca (UV = 51). Fourteen animal conditions were identified in the surveyed area. The major and most common animal diseases were tick-borne diseases, eye problems, retained afterbirth, fleas, lice and diarrhoea. The majority of ethno-veterinary remedies (78%) were collected from the wild, with respondents mostly using herbs (11 species, 48%), followed by 6 trees (26%), 4 shrubs (17%), and 2 climbers (9%). The most frequently used plant parts were leaves (51%), followed by bark (16%), roots (13%) and fruits (10%). These remedies were mostly administered as decoctions or infusions of single plants. These plants were used not only as alternatives to conventional veterinary drugs but also because in certain diseases they were thought to be more efficacious. In view of many and widespread uses of wild plants as ethnoveterinary remedies, further research into their pharmacological activities may prove worthwhile.

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Use of ethno-veterinary medicine for the control if cattle parasites by smallholder farmers in Mutas District, Zimbabwe

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Ethnoveterinary medicinal plant knowledge and practice among the Zemmour and Zayane tribes in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco.

Ethnoveterinary medicinal plant knowledge and practice among the Zemmour and Zayane tribes in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco.

Mating practices, breeding objectives and trait preferences of village chicken farmers in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Use of traditional veterinary medicine in Nhema communal area of the Midlands province, Zimbabwe

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