“…Indeed, the results showed that Dendi and Peulh have a strong knowledge (on average 3 plants per respondent) compared to Adja, Wama, Otammari and Natimba (on average 1.5 plants per respondent). This can be linked to the fact that these two sociocultural groups are herding societies and therefore strongly care for welfare of their animals ( Dassou et al., 2020 ). Figure 3 Decision tree showing socioeconomic and environmental factors that influence significantly ethnoveterinary knowledge level within small ruminants breeders in Benin.…”
Sheep and goats are two of the main animal species raised in Benin and one of the main sources of income for people living in rural areas. Faced with the inaccessibility of synthetic veterinary products and their low purchasing power, the majority of breeders use ethnoveterinary practices to treat small ruminants diseases. The specific objectives of the current study were (1) to document the traditional knowledge regarding the disorder groups treated and the medicinal plants used in the health and zootechnical management of small ruminants in Benin and (2) to assess the effect of gender, ethnicity, agro-ecological zone and herd size associated with them. To achieve these objectives, an ethnoveterinary survey was conducted in different agro-ecological zones from September 2018 to February 2019. A questionnaire was administered to 506 breeders. The data were analyzed through calculation of the Fidelity Level (FL), Cultural Importance Index (CI) and Informant Consensus Factor (ICF). Ten disorder groups were treated by the people surveyed. These were mainly digestive disorders (D) and reproductive disorders (W), both presenting a ICF value of 0.8. A total of 101 medicinal plants belonging to 42 families and 90 genera were recorded. Spondias mombin, Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides and Khaya senegalensis were the most important plants with CI values of 0.208, 0.125 and 0.121, respectively. Gender, ethnicity, agroecological zone and flocks size were the socioeconomic and environmental factors that significantly influenced the level of ethnoveterinary knowledge. Chemical and biological analysis are needed on less studied plants such as, Striga hermonthica, Crossopteryx febrifuga, Elaeis guineensis and Momordica charantia.
“…Indeed, the results showed that Dendi and Peulh have a strong knowledge (on average 3 plants per respondent) compared to Adja, Wama, Otammari and Natimba (on average 1.5 plants per respondent). This can be linked to the fact that these two sociocultural groups are herding societies and therefore strongly care for welfare of their animals ( Dassou et al., 2020 ). Figure 3 Decision tree showing socioeconomic and environmental factors that influence significantly ethnoveterinary knowledge level within small ruminants breeders in Benin.…”
Sheep and goats are two of the main animal species raised in Benin and one of the main sources of income for people living in rural areas. Faced with the inaccessibility of synthetic veterinary products and their low purchasing power, the majority of breeders use ethnoveterinary practices to treat small ruminants diseases. The specific objectives of the current study were (1) to document the traditional knowledge regarding the disorder groups treated and the medicinal plants used in the health and zootechnical management of small ruminants in Benin and (2) to assess the effect of gender, ethnicity, agro-ecological zone and herd size associated with them. To achieve these objectives, an ethnoveterinary survey was conducted in different agro-ecological zones from September 2018 to February 2019. A questionnaire was administered to 506 breeders. The data were analyzed through calculation of the Fidelity Level (FL), Cultural Importance Index (CI) and Informant Consensus Factor (ICF). Ten disorder groups were treated by the people surveyed. These were mainly digestive disorders (D) and reproductive disorders (W), both presenting a ICF value of 0.8. A total of 101 medicinal plants belonging to 42 families and 90 genera were recorded. Spondias mombin, Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides and Khaya senegalensis were the most important plants with CI values of 0.208, 0.125 and 0.121, respectively. Gender, ethnicity, agroecological zone and flocks size were the socioeconomic and environmental factors that significantly influenced the level of ethnoveterinary knowledge. Chemical and biological analysis are needed on less studied plants such as, Striga hermonthica, Crossopteryx febrifuga, Elaeis guineensis and Momordica charantia.
“…For example, we can cite the work done by Houndje et al [ 37 ] on plants used in the treatment of foot and mouth disease in Benin [ 5 , 34 ] on medicinal plants used to treat pathologies of small ruminants in Benin. Other ethnoveterinary studies conducted in Benin are not specific to a single animal disease and involve several animal diseases [ 40 , 41 ]. However, no study has been conducted specifically on medicinal plants used in the treatment of bovine trypanosomosis in the Sudanese and Sudano-Guinean zone of northern Benin.…”
“…All plants with pharmacological activity are complementarily prescribed as a good treatment for livestock diseases (Yigezu et al 2014). Indeed, all across Africa also use medicinal plants are an important resource, if not the primary source of treatment: Benin, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa, and Uganda, for primary health care (Bakare et al 2019;Dassou et al 2020;McGaw et al 2020;Yigezu et al 2014;Sargin and Buyukcengiz 2019). Farmers who live in other regions also use medicinal plants for livestock, such as the South Pacific Islands (Bakare et al 2019), China (Xiong and Long 2020), Pakistan (Abbasi et al 2013;Aziz et al 2018;Khan et al 2019;Raza et al 2014), Turkey (Sargin and Buyukcengiz 2019), Europe (Schnyder et al 2019), and Mesoamerica (Geck et al 2020) and so forth.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Medicinal plants are an invaluable resource for a country's human and animal health care systems, which can help to improve people's lives and livelihoods (Tolossa et al 2013). Medicinal plants can play a potential role in the treatment of a variety of animal diseases (Dassou et al 2020).…”
Abstract. Pratama AM, Herawati O, Nabila AN, Belinda TA, Wijayanti AD. 2021. Ethnoveterinary study of medicinal plants used for cattle treatment in Bojonegoro District, East Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 4236-4245. Bojonegoro is a rural district in Indonesia's East Java Province where farming and cattle rearing are the main economic activities. The Bojonegoro District's cattle producers employ some medicinal plants specifically for the treatment of bovine illnesses. However, no data has been reported thus far. The goal of this research was to find and document ethnoveterinary medicinal herbs for cattle cures in the Bojonegoro District. A total of 41 cattle breeders were interviewed for the study. To collect demographic and ethnoveterinary medicinal plant data, each informant was interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire in the native language of each informant. The stastitical analysis in this study include informant consensus (Fic), Fidelity Level (FL), and Plant Part Frequency (PPF). Approximately 78.00% of the respondents are between the ages of 30 and 50, with 36.59% having only graduated from senior high school. The Peranakan Ongole (PO) is the most common breed preserved by cattle breeders. In the study area, 41 ethnoveterinary medicinal plants were mentioned by male respondents to cure cattle health problems. Digestive illnesses are the most frequent ailments in cattle treated with medicinal plants. Curcuma longa L. was the most commonly mentioned medicinal plant. A majority of the source ethnoveterinary medicinal plants were cultivated on-site and the leaves of these plants were most often used.
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