Use of ethnoveterinary medicines for poultry health management in Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries: A review
Keywords:
Ethnoveterinary, Poultry, SADC, Indigenous knowledge, Conventional drugsAbstract
Poultry emerges as the most efficient livestock sub-sector in its use of natural resources and providing protein to supply a global growing demand. Farmers have indigenous methods to treat diseases using medicinal plants through indigenous knowledge systems. The application of indigenous knowledge to treat animal diseases is known as ethnoveterinary medicine. This review aims to document medicinal plants that are used for treating poultry diseases in SADC countries and acts as a baseline for future research in chemical analysis, drug development and conservation studies. Small scale poultry farmers in SADC countries face many challenges in the improvement of the poultry sector which include health management, lack of knowledge and extension services, poor marketing strategies, expensive vaccines and conventional drugs among others. However, there are opportunities to boosting the poultry sector in the region if only some government policies can be reviewed to support the poultry industry. SADC has a vast indigenous knowledge of plants that are effective in managing poultry health. Detailed research is needed to standardize the safety, efficacy, frequency of treatment, concentrations and dosage forms of such remedies.
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