A survey of plants and plant products traditionally used in livestock health management in Buuri district, Meru County, Kenya

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gakuubi, Martin M ^a   Wanzala, Wycliffe ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA   (Kenya)

^b SOUTH EASTERN KENYA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Animal diseases; Livestock industry; Meru people; Plants and plant products; Traditional animal healthcare

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APOCYNACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AGED; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; RURAL POPULATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AGED; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84867067604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-39     Document Type: Article

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