Ethno-veterinary control of bovine dermatophilosis and ticks in Zhombe, Njelele and Shamrock resettlement in Zimbabwe

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 525-532

  Ndhlovu, Daud Nyosi ^a   Masika, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Demographics; Indigenous knowledge; Medicinal plants; Practices

Indexed keywords

ALOE; ALOE CHABAUDII; ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CASSIA ABBREVIATA; CATUNAREGAM SPINOSA; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; KALANCHOE; LANCEOLATA; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; URGINEA SANGUINEA; XIMENIA CAFFRA;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZIMBABWE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84872772685     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0253-7     Document Type: Article

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