Smallholders' knowledge about healing goat gastrointestinal parasite infections with wild plants in southern DR Congo.

ABSTRACT: Gastrointestinal parasite (GIP) infections control has an important role to play in increasing livestock production from a limited natural resource base and to improve animal health and welfare. This study aimed to collect indigenous knowledge and identify wild plants locally used by goat smallholders of three territories of Haut-Katanga province for treating signs of gastrointestinal parasitism. Ethnoveterinary surveys were conducted by semi-structured interviews and a bibliographic screening of the biological activities relating to cited plants was carried out. Our interviews showed that ethnosemantic diagnoses of GIP diseases are based on signs. Eighty-seven informants reported that 27 plant species from 15 families, dominated by Fabaceae (29.6%) and Lamiaceae (18.5%) were commonly used

SUBMITTER: Mavungu GN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10016610 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature