TY  - JOUR
T1  - Ethnoveterinary Botanicals Used for Tick Control in the Acholi Subregion of Uganda
AU - Opiro, Robert AU - Akol, Anne M. AU - Okello-Onen, Joseph 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 9
IS  - 23
SP  - 2951
EP  - 2954
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2010.2951.2954
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2010.2951.2954
KW  - Ethnoveterinary
KW  -ethnobotanicals
KW  -ethnoknowledge
KW  -indigenous knowledge
KW  -ticks
KW  -Northern Uganda
AB  - A survey was done to document ethnobotanicals for managing and controlling tick vectors of deadly cattle diseases. About 100 respondents aged 45 years and more distributed among 10 sub-counties of Gulu and Amuru districts in Northern Uganda were interviewed for their knowledge of plants with anti-tick properties and/or plant species used to manage ticks on cattle. All respondents were drawn from cattle keeping households. The plants were documented in both local and scientific names. A total of 13 plant species falling into 8 different botanical families were documented as locally known to control ticks. A mechanism for propagating these ethnoknowledge as well as conservation measures particularly for the plant species with high use frequency as reported by the locals therefore need to be developed.
ER  -