Abstract
Ethnoveterinary is the total of all practices that enable man to prevent his livestock from diseases, alleviate and relieve suffering to bring about healing, and increase the production and productivity of livestock within a minimum cost. Overutilization, overexploitation, deforestation for fuelwood, and farmland expansion expose some of the plants to threaten. The study was carried out in three randomly selected districts in Northern Gombe State, Nigeria. Among all, 80% of the respondents are male among which 56% are 35 years and above. 43 plants were reported used as ethnoveterinary plants in the area (oral interview) among which only 28 were found to be present in the field (field assessment). Guiera senegalensis is the most abundant plant (7.85%) followed by Piliostigma reticulatum (7.23%), Combretum collinum and Detarium microcarpum (3.00% both). Fabaceae is the most abundant family (30.85%) of the identified plants followed by Combretaceae (15.25%). Plant bark is the most common part used in curing and preventing animals from diseases which subject some of the plants (Burkia africana) to nearly endangered states. 28 plant samples were collected, identified, pressed, and laid in Botany Department Herbarium, Gombe State University, among these, 2 plant samples were not successfully identified. It is recommended that regulatory bodies should be empowered to check the uncontrolled deforestation occurring in the area
Highlights
Livestock production in Sub-Saharan African countries is severely constrained by the presence of a wide range of animal diseases and is believed to be growing at half the rate required to make significant in-roads in reducing poverty [1]
Primary sources are basically: Oral interview which was used in obtaining information about ethnoveterinary practices in the study area and Fieldworks carried out after the semi-structured interview which includes field assessment, plant sample collection, and pressing, and the determination of the occurrence, abundance, and diversity of the plants using appropriate ecological methods Secondary sources are generally published journals, reviews, textbooks, Google Scholar e.t.c
The frequency and relative frequency, density and abundant of the plants shows that; Gueira senegalensis is the most frequent, dense and abundant ethnoveterinary plant species in the study area followed by Pilliostigma reticulatum, Parkia biglobossa and Acacia seiberiana, Balanite aegyptiaca, Burki africana, Ceiba pentandra, Euphobia convolvuloides e.t.c are the less frequent, dense and abundant plants
Summary
Livestock production in Sub-Saharan African countries is severely constrained by the presence of a wide range of animal diseases and is believed to be growing at half the rate required to make significant in-roads in reducing poverty [1]. These diseases affect the production and productivity of livestock and seriously hamper any meaningful livestock trade. Fatal diseases in cattle include Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and Contagious Bovine Pleural Pneumonia (CBPP) For many years, these diseases have been causing serious problems in livestock production, especially among the poor rural farming communities. There is potential for increasing production if disease control and management strategies are appropriately undertaken
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