The Role of Ethno Veterinary Practices on Livestock Diseases at Balcad District in Middle Shabelle, Somalia

Mohamed Ali Yusuf-Isleged; Omar Mohamud Salah; Bashir Osman Mohamed

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The Role of Ethno Veterinary Practices on Livestock Diseases at Balcad District in Middle Shabelle, Somalia

Mohamed Ali Yusuf-Isleged, Omar Mohamud Salah, Bashir Osman Mohamed

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A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2020 to July 2020 in Balcad district which was based on questionnaire and interview of the livestock diseases and specialists of traditional knowledge. The aim of this study was to assess the traditional knowledge of major livestock diseases and their medicinal plants used to treatments in Balcad district. The study found out that the majority of animal owners use medicinal plants 93% as traditional treatment and only 5% were used to burn as treatment of some animal disease. In the current study it was found and recorded many types of plants used as traditional treatment were most (12%) of animal owners used Cadia purpurea (Gogobbo), for mange (Cadho) treatment, 10% of the respondents used Aloevero (Dacar) for cattle trypanosomiasis, 7% of the mused Acacianubica benth (Gumar) for FMD (Cabeeb) treatment, another 7% of the respondents mentioned they use Dhiti for nasal inflammation (san boor) treatment, 6% use Acacia tortilis (Qurac) for skin scar (Nabraha jirka) treatment, 5% use Terminalia prunioides (Hareeri) for ear inflammation, 5% use Sesamothamnus busseanus engl (Salaamaco/Saleemac) for wrapped fractures, 4% use Acacia senegal (Cadaad) for pneumonia treatment, 3% use Dogbera glabra (Garas) for placental retention treatment of animals, 3% use Commiphora Erethrraea (Hadi) for treatment of diarrhea in animal. The study also revealed that all different parts of the medicinal plants have been used except the flower part and also different methods of preparation and modes of application were used for remedy preparation, however the widely used plant parts in the preparation of remedies in the study area were root, followed by leaf. Several methods of administration of traditional remedies were also found out by the study which depends on the particular disease to be treated. Crushing of plant parts, fumigation, Wrapping, were the common methods of preparation in the study area. However, crushing was found to be the most common method of preparations in the area as the respondents reveal. Regarding routes of remedy administration, the commonly used route for the administration of traditional medicine in the study area were oral, topical, nasal drop, injection and Ear drop routes were also used at lower levels. Therefore, it is extremely necessary to document and disseminate indigenous knowledge in order to help and share the different uses of plants as animal health care and to promote different conservation measures.

Published in	Animal and Veterinary Sciences (Volume 10, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.avs.20221004.15
Page(s)	109-118
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Ethnoveterinary, Livestock Diseases, Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Medicinal Plants, Balcad, Somalia

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Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, University of Somalia (UNISO), Mogadishu, Somalia
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Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, University of Somalia (UNISO), Mogadishu, Somalia
Bashir Osman Mohamed

Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, University of Somalia (UNISO), Mogadishu, Somalia

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