Authors : Robert Opiro, Anne M. Akol and Joseph Okello-Onen
Abstract: A survey was done to document ethnobotanicals for managing and controlling tick vectors of deadly cattle diseases. About 100 respondents aged 45 years and more distributed among 10 sub-counties of Gulu and Amuru districts in Northern Uganda were interviewed for their knowledge of plants with anti-tick properties and/or plant species used to manage ticks on cattle. All respondents were drawn from cattle keeping households. The plants were documented in both local and scientific names. A total of 13 plant species falling into 8 different botanical families were documented as locally known to control ticks. A mechanism for propagating these ethnoknowledge as well as conservation measures particularly for the plant species with high use frequency as reported by the locals therefore need to be developed.
Robert Opiro, Anne M. Akol and Joseph Okello-Onen, 2010. Ethnoveterinary Botanicals Used for Tick Control in the Acholi Subregion of Uganda. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 9: 2951-2954.