Ethnobotanical study of plants used in management of livestock health problems by Afar people of Ada'ar District, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Giday, Mirutse ^a   Teklehaymanot, Tilahun ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ada'ar District; Afar; Ethiopia; Ethnoveterinary practices; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

CAPRA; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; MYCOPLASMA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM INCANUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; LIVESTOCK; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; LIVESTOCK; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872547207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-8     Document Type: Article

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