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- Title
Ethno-veterinary control of parasites, management and role of village chickens in rural households of Centane district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
- Authors
M. Mwale; P. Masika
- Abstract
Abstract Mwale and Masika 2009 Ethno-veterinary control of parasites, management and role of village chickens in rural households of Centane district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Tropical Animal Health and Production. Village chickens contribute significantly towards rural livelihood in the African continent through the provision of animal protein, income and socio-cultural uses. However, village chickens are susceptible to parasite infestation. Due to limitations of using western drugs to control these parasites, farmers resort to the use of ethno-veterinary medicine (EVM). However, there is dearth of information on EVM use in chickens. Therefore, the objective of the current study was to document various EVM practices used in controlling gastro-intestinal parasites in village chickens. Stratified random sampling was used to select 62 chicken farmers that were interviewed using a structured questionnaire About 70 and 96.7% of farmers provided housing and water for their chickens respectively whereas the rest did not. The chief role of chickens was meat provision (91.7%). Most households (86%) reported parasite problems in chickens, particularly gastro-intestinal parasites. Eighty-three percent of the interviewed respondents use medicinal plants to control both internal and external parasites in chickens. Use of plants increased with parasite incidences (r=0.347; P
- Subjects
EASTERN Cape (South Africa); SOUTH Africa; DOMESTIC animal parasites; ANIMAL health; POULTRY parasites; VETERINARY medicine; DISEASE susceptibility; MEDICINAL plants; CHICKEN diseases
- Publication
Tropical Animal Health & Production, 2009, Vol 41, Issue 8, p1685
- ISSN
0049-4747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11250-009-9366-z