Volume 6, Issue 4, 1 April 2016, Pages 150-158
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a Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Ecole Polytechnique d'Abomey-Calavi (EPAC), Departement de Production et Sante Animales, Laboratoire de Recherches en Biologie Appliquee (LARBA), 01 BP, Cotonou, Benin
b Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Departement de Biologie Vegetale, Laboratoire de Botanique et Ecologie Vegetale, 01 BP, Cotonou, Benin
b Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Departement de Biologie Vegetale, Laboratoire de Botanique et Ecologie Vegetale, 01 BP, Cotonou, Benin
Abstract
In Africa, various medicines are used in animal diseases treatment. This study aims to identify the medicinal plants that are often used to cure bacterial diseases in domestic animals, in order to promote their rational and sustainable use. The work was performed by working with 787 breeders in the 8 agro-ecological zones of Benin, from June to December 2013. An ethnobotanical survey has identified 32 medicinal plants species among which Afzelia africana, Crossopteryx febrifuga, Albizia chevalieri, Khaya senegalensis, Mangifera indica and Entada africana are used for bovine pasteurellosis. The bronchitis is treated by 11 species of medicinal plants which include Allium sativum, Garcinia kola, Terminalia laxiflora, Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides and Detarium microcarpum. For infectious coryza treatment, 8 plants have been identified among which, we have Securinega virosa, Capsicum annuum, Anacardium occidentale and Vitellaria paradoxa. About cutaneous streptothricosis, 3 plants (Zea mays, Piliostigma thonningii and Parkia biglobosa) were cited for its treatment. Contagious bovine peripneumonia is treated by 3 plants (Tamarindus indica, Oxythenanthera abyssinica and Khaya senegalensis). Avian salmonellosis is also treated by 3 plants (Bridelia ferruginea, Cissus quadrangularis and Ocimum gratissimum). Concerning Blackleg and enterotoxemia, they are respectively treated by Aganope stulhmannii and Ocimum gratissimum. © 2016 Clément Abiola Ogni et al.
Author keywords
Bacterial diseases; Breeding in benin; Ethnoveterinary medicine; Medicinal plants
ISSN: 22313354Source Type: Journal Original language: English
DOI: 10.7324/JAPS.2016.60422Document Type: Article
Publisher: Open Science Publishers LLP Inc.
Ogni, C.A.; Laboratoire de Recherches en Biologie Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique d'Abomey-Calavi (EPAC), Département de Production et Santé Animales / Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Benin; email:ogniabis@yahoo.fr
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