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Ethnoveterinary medicine against poultry diseases in African villages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

E.F. Guèye
E.F. Guèye
Affiliation:
Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA), P.O. Box 2057, Dakar-Hann, Senegal
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Abstract

The high incidence of disease is one of the major constraints to smallholder poultry production systems in Africa. In order to control various poultry diseases, ethnoveterinary medicine is widely practised by poor village farmers. Natural products, especially those which are locally available, are generally used. The use of ethnoveterinary medicine can be considered sustainable as it is economical, culturally acceptable and ecologically sound. Although village poultry farmers claim that these practices are effective, there is an urgent need for applied research to substantiate their assertions.

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Africaethnoveterinary medicinediseaseplantpoultryvillage
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Research Article
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , June 1999 , pp. 187 - 198
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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