Table 3.
Types of treatment given to animals in Nepal and Cameroon after a snakebite.
| Treated by/Types of treatment | Animal victims treated in Nepal |
Animal victims treated in Cameroon |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle & Buffalo (n = 4) n(%) |
Goat & Sheep (n = 2) n(%) |
Total (n = 6) n(%) |
Cattle & Buffalo (n = 18) n(%) |
Goat & Sheep (n = 7) n(%) |
Dog (n = 6) n(%) |
Total (n = 31) n(%) |
|
| By a traditional healer | 2 (50) | 1 (50) | 3 (50) | 12 (67) | 2 (29) | 2 (33) | 16 (52) |
| with herbs | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| By the owner/family member | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (33) | 3 (43) | 4 (67) | 13 (42) |
| with herbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| with antibiotic injection | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| with bloodletting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| with bloodletting/herbs/part of snake/antibiotic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| with another treatment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| By a veterinarian/animal health service provider | 2 (50) | 1 (50) | 3 (50) | 0 (0) | 2 (29) | 0 (0) | 2 (6) |
| with antibiotic injection | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| with antivenom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| with another treatment | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |