Utilization of African ethnoveterinary information for management of livestock diseases
Abstract
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Smallholder farmers in Africa face various challenges in livestock keeping, livestock diseases
being one of them. Due to poor infrastructure especially road and communication networks,
smallholder farmers in rural areas do not easily access conventional veterinary drugs (CVD)
and other veterinary services. Even when CVDs are accessible, they are often unaffordable
to most of the smallholder farmers. Plants often provide an alternative to struggling smallholder
farmers. The plants in use are traditionally known to have useful roles in the management of
vectors transmitting veterinary disease pathogens. This accumulated knowledge on
ethnoveterinary among smallholder farmer communities in Africa is largely untapped with
respect to the management of livestock diseases. This paper reviews plants of ethnoveterinary
significance in Africa.
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