dc.contributor.author | Gakuya, D W | |
dc.contributor.author | Mulei, Charles M | |
dc.contributor.author | Wekesa, S B | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-23T08:47:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. (2011) 8(2):165-169 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10859 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/63204 | |
dc.description.abstract | An outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) affecting 95 (57.2%) out of 166 cattle occurred in a medium-scale
dairy farm in Kikuyu district, Kenya. Ethnoveterinary remedies of natural Soda ash solution (97% sodium bicarbonate), honey
and finger millet flour were used to manage the FMD lesions. The lesions were washed with soda ash solution to remove the
necrotic tissue after which raw honey and finger millet flour were applied to the cleaned lesions. The lesions were examined daily
and those with necrotic material washed again with the Soda ash solution. Honey and finger millet flour were applied daily for
three days. There was rapid healing of the lesions with the animals resuming feeding after three days. The fast healing of the
lesions vindicates the use of these cheap, locally available and easy to apply products in the management of FMD lesions.
However, more studies are needed to evaluate further their potencies. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Foot and Mouth Disease lesions | en |
dc.subject | Ethnoveterinary remedies, | en |
dc.subject | Honey, | en |
dc.subject | Finger millet | en |
dc.title | Use of ethnoveterinary remedies in the management of foot and mouth disease lesions in a diary herd | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of clinical studies | en |