JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE
Integrity Research Journals
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DOI: 10.31248/JASVM
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Ethnoveterinary practice used for treating ruminant diseases in Ilara-mokin, Ondo State
https://doi.org/10.31248/JASVM2020.207 | Article Number: 56F598927 | Vol.5 (6) - December 2020
Received Date: 30 May 2020 | Accepted Date: 07 December 2020 | Published Date: 30 December 2020
Authors: A. A. Bada* , Adewole, S. O. and Agbowuro G. O.
Keywords: medicinal plants, Ethno-veterinary practice, indigenous knowledge, pest.
The study investigated ethno-veterinary practice being used in treating small ruminants’ diseases in Ilara-mokin area of Ondo State. Structured questionnaires were used in the study area to collect primary data. Twenty-one people were randomly selected from different areas of Ilara-mokin which included Golf community, central market, central health centre, Iloro, petrol station and Baale central and Abbattoir. Different medicinal plants which include Ocimum gratissimum, Crested Cockscomb, Chromolaena odorata, Elaeis guinensis, Momordica charantia, Vernonia amygdalina, Nicotiana tabacum and Zingiber officinale were identified to treat ruminant diseases. The diseases were categorized based on environmental or microbial diseases. Pest identified in the study area was mite that caused mange. Indigenous knowledge was been practiced in the village and there is need for conservation of the specie of ruminant that is going into extinction and medicinal plants used within the town.
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