Ethnopharmacology, phytochemical and toxicity of medicinal plants used against livestock helminthes in drylands of Uganda.
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2010Author
Nalule, AS
Mbaria, J M
Olila, D
Kimenju, JW
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An ethno-pharmacological practices of pastoral communities is being studied in Nakasongola, Uganda. It is documenting indigenous knowledge about helminthoses diagnosis and management. Thirty seven (37) medicinal plants have been identified, and women were found to be more knowledgeable about livestock diseases than men, including in aspects of ethnopharmacological practices.
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http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20133184461.html?resultNumber=8&q=au%3A%22Mbaria%2C+J.+M.%22http://hdl.handle.net/11295/66257
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Second RUFORUM Biennial Regional Conference on "Building capacity for food security in Africa", Entebbe, Uganda, 20-24 September 2010 2010 pp. 1071-1075Publisher
University of Nairobi,