Table 5.
Categories of traditional treatment of common diseases of the local hen of Niger.
Traditional treatment | ||||||||||
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Diseases | Ash | Peanut oil | Pia-pia (insecticide) | Oil and ash mixture | Pia-pia and ash mixture | Burn their local | Deflate the wounds | Migration | No treatment | Total |
ND (%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,69 | 98,31 | 100 |
Avian pox (%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 100 | – | – | 100 |
Parasitosis (%) | 57.63 | 8.47 | 16.95 | 3.39 | 10.17 | 3.39 | – | – | – | 100 |
ND = Newcastle disease.