Abstract
Traditional practices involved in veterinary care are common, but are gradually disappearing because they are not being passed on to the younger generation. The present study aims to safeguard and enhance, through documentation, the knowledge as well as the ethno-medicinal veterinary practices rich in recipes, which tend to be lost or even disappear. Thus, an ethnoveterinary survey, conducted in the North of Cote d'Ivoire among 50 livestock breeders in three sub-prefectures of the Ferkessedougou department, reveals 34 types of recipes using 25 species of plants divided into 17 families and 21 genera. The most dominant families are the Meliaceae (23.53%). Among the organs of all the listed plants, the leaves are the most used (32.43%), and the majority of the remedies are obtained by decoction (56.67%). Most of the diseases treated are diarrhoea and malaria, with a rate of 17.07%; stomach aches, rum, foot and mouth disease and intestinal worms, each representing 7.31%. The oral route is the most commonly used method of administration (93%). The results obtained may constitute a database for further research that could reveal the efficacy of these plants.
Highlights
All over the world, as long as the history of mankind goes back, the proximity of Man to his environment has allowed him to develop a certain amount of knowledge in the field of medicine with plants
3.1 Ethnobotanical study Ethnobotanical surveys conducted in the three localities of the Department of Ferkessédougou identified 25 medicinal plants and 34 recipes that are used to treat various health problems in cattle
This study showed that, out of the inventory of current knowledge on veterinary medicinal plants in the department of Ferkessédougou, 25 plants are used in cattle health care, with the family Meliaceae having more species
Summary
As long as the history of mankind goes back, the proximity of Man to his environment has allowed him to develop a certain amount of knowledge in the field of medicine with plants. In Africa, after independence, traditional livestock farming was the only source of production and supply of poultry, cattle and sheep products. In Côte d'Ivoire, livestock farming is still a developing economic activity, contributing about 4.5% to agricultural gross national product (PIB) and 2% to total (PIB) [2]. Cattle breeding remains 95% dominated by traditional practices [3]. It contributes to improving food security, diversifying and increasing the income of farmers and herders [2]. In the Ferkessédougou department, livestock farming is an important economic activity. Poor soil conditions have led the people of this northern region of Côte d'Ivoire, once described as savannah, to practice livestock rearing rather than agriculture
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