An inventory of medicinal plants used in treating poultry diseases in Jinja district, eastern Uganda

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages 31-38

  Bukenya Ziraba, Remigius ^a   Kamoga, Dennis ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Therapeutic value; Traditional medicine; Veterinary

Indexed keywords

CLIMBING PLANT; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHNOBOTANY; HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SHRUB; SPECIES INVENTORY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA; BUSOGA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; JINJA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ASTERACEAE; AVES; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 36049037200     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00854.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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