Table 4.
Frequently treated diseases and DCF of major livestock ailments.
| Livestock disease |
Vernacular Name |
N(Index) | Rank |
Plant species (Amharic) (N=645) |
LPS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated | Pastoral | ||||||||
| Nur(Nt) | DCF | Nur(Nt) | DCF | DCF | |||||
| Black leg | Aba gorba | 43(0.188) | 1st | Justicia schimperiana (Sensel), Allium sativum (Nech Shinkurt), Lepidium sativum (Feto), Momordica foetida (Yekura hareg), Croton macrostachyus (Bisana), Solanum incanum (Embuay), Withania somnifera (Gizewa) | 5.25(6) | 0.15 | 3.53(14) | 0.81 | 0.84 |
| Diarrhea | Tekimat | 25(0.110) | 2nd | Ocimum lamifolium (Damakese), Olea europaea sub sp. (Weyira), Zingiber officinale (Zingible), | 4(7) | 0.5 | 2.41(15) | 0.90 | 0.91 |
| Wound | Kusil | 18(0.079) | 3rd | Caricapapaya (Papaya), Prunus Africana (Gebrch) | 4(8) | 0.57 | 3.88(13) | 0.76 | 0.85 |
| Bloat | Yehod meketet | 17(0.073) | 4th | Lepidium sativum; Croton macrostachyus; Zingiber officinale | 2.88(7) | 0.69 | 1.12(9) | 0.98 | 0.95 |
| Internal Parasite | Yewist Tigegna | 14(0.061) | 5th | Vernonia amygdalina (Gerawa); Hageniaabyssinica (Kosso); | 3.75(5) | 0.31 | 1.76(10) | 0.92 | 0.9 |
| External Parasite | Yewich Tigegna | 13(0.057) | 6th | Calpurniaaurea (Hits awuts) | 3.50(7) | 0.58 | 2.47(15) | 0.89 | 0.91 |
| Mastitis | Yetut beshita | 12(0.052) | 7th |
Achayrentes aspera (Telenj); Clorodandrum myricoidos (Michi-ashit); Brucea antidysenterica (Weyinos/Yekola Wanza) |
2.50(5) | 0.63 | 1(7) | 1 | 0.96 |
Note that plant species name under prentices represent Amharic language.