Ethnoveterinary medicines in four districts of jimma zone, Ethiopia: Cross sectional survey for plant species and mode of use

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yigezu, Yared ^a   Haile, Demissew B ^b   Ayen, Wubeante Y ^c  

^a Pharmaceutical Fund and Supply Agency   (Ethiopia)

^b MIZAN TEPI UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Ethnoveterinary; Jimma; Medicines; Mode of use; Plant species

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ANIMAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; VETERINARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897941261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-76     Document Type: Article

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