Abstract
Porcine cysticercosis is a major public health issue in Burkina Faso. This study investigated farmers’ awareness and ethno-veterinary practices regarding this disease in Boulkiemde province, Burkina Faso. A survey was done with 132 randomly selected pig farmers in 10 villages of two municipalities of Boulkiemde province, using a semi-structured questionnaire. The majority of interviewed farmers (54%) were from the Koudougou municipality and female (77%). The average number of pigs per farm was 5.4, and all pigs were roaming free during the dry season. All farmers already heard about porcine cysticercosis and the condition had various names in local languages in the study area. In the area, 66% of farmers observed porcine cysticercosis in their pigs, and among them 85% have noted cysticercosis cases in their farms during a period of six months before the survey. During the survey, farmers stated that, on average, infected pigs lost 62% of their market value. Among farmers, 77% knew some traditional treatments based on plants. Fourteen plants species were documented as used in the treatment of this disease. The most commonly used plant species is Parkia biglobosa, with a frequency index of 37%. In general, the leaves (44%), bark (30%), seeds (23%) and roots (3%) are used in treatments that are administered only orally. Key words: Burkina Faso, Sabou, Koudougou, Taenia solium, plant, treatment.
Highlights
Ethnoveterinary medicine is relevant in rural communities where animal husbandry is the primary means of Subsistence (Miara et al, 2019)
In Burkina Faso, a significant association between epilepsy and cysticercosis has been demonstrated by Nitiéma et al (2012) with about 29% of epilepsy cases due to neurocysticercosis (Millogo et al, 2012)
This study revealed that an infected pig lost 62% of its market value, 77% of farmers are aware of traditional treatments for cysticercosis
Summary
Ethnoveterinary medicine is relevant in rural communities where animal husbandry is the primary means of Subsistence (Miara et al, 2019). One of the major constraints of pig-keeping in rural areas of lowincome countries is the existence of parasitic zoonoses Among those zoonotic diseases, Taenia solium cysticercosis is considered a public health and economic problem in many developing countries (Ngowi et al, 2017; Braae et al, 2016; WHO, 2016; Johansen et al, 2014). Taenia solium cysticercosis is considered a public health and economic problem in many developing countries (Ngowi et al, 2017; Braae et al, 2016; WHO, 2016; Johansen et al, 2014) It is seriously affecting pig production and leads to significant economic losses such as reduced market value from the food chain (Praet et al, 2009; Krecek et al, 2012; Adenuga et al, 2018). In the study of Ngowi et al (2017) in Burkina Faso, only 5.3% of people know that the infestation of taeniasis is associated with the consumption of uncooked infected pig meat. Ngowi et al (2017) in Burkina Faso found respectively, that 33.7 and 6.2% of the population know that porcine cysticercosis is linked to the consumption of human feces by pigs
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