Use of traditional veterinary medicine in Nhema communal area of the Midlands Province, Zimbabwe

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-322

  Maroyi, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ethno veterinary medicine; Indigenous knowledge; Traditional animal health care; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADENIUM MULTIFLORUM; ALBIZIA AMARA; ALOE CHABAUDII; ALOE GREATHEADII; ANEILEMA HOCKII; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BANANA; BARK; BULBOPHYLLUM; CAPSICUM ANNUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; DIARRHEA; ECTOPARASITOSIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FICUS BURKEI; FLEA INFESTATION; FRACTURE; FRUIT; GYMNANTHEMUM AMYGDALINUM; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYROTHAMNUS FLABELLIFOILIUS; NEORAUTANENIA MITIS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARINARI CURATELLIFOLIA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POUZOLZIA HYPOLEUCA; PSEUDOLACHNOSTYLIS MAPROUNEIFOLIA; PSYDRAX LIVIDA; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SARCOSTEMMA VIMINALE; SESAMUM ANGUSTIFOLIUS; SNAKEBITE; SOLANUM ANGUIVI; STOMACH DISEASE; TOBACCO; TOMATO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WEAKNESS; WOUND INFECTION; XERODERRIS STUHLMANNII; ZIMBABWE; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ALOE; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASES; ETHNOBOTANY; FABACEAE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT STRUCTURES; SOLANACEAE; VERNONIA; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL DISEASE; ETHNO-VETERINARY MEDICINE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; TRADITIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH CARE;

AGED; ALOE; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ETHNOBOTANY; FABACEAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOLANACEAE; VERNONIA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

ETHNO-VETERINARY MEDICINE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; TRADITIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH CARE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84896060481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v9i3.3     Document Type: Article

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