Berhanu Mulugeta, Tintagu Tarekegn, Fentahun Selamawit, Giday Mirutse
School of Veterinary Medicine, Wollo University, P.O. Box 1145, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2020 Dec 16;2020:8816227. doi: 10.1155/2020/8816227. eCollection 2020.
Traditional knowledge on the use of medicinal plants is in danger of extinction because of different changes taking place all over the world including Ethiopia, and thus, there is a need for its immediate documentation for the purpose of conservation, sustainable utilization, and development. Thus, an ethnobotanical study was conducted in Ambo District, Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia, to document and analyze local knowledge on medicinal plants used for the treatment of animal diseases. Data were collected between November 2017 and April 2018 mainly through semi-interviews conducted with purposively selected informants. Data collected mainly included demographic information of respondents, local names of medicinal plants, plant parts used, preparation methods, mode of applications, diseases treated, and habit and habitat of the reported plants. Based on data obtained through interviews, informant consensus factor (ICF) values were computed. A total of 55 medicinal plants used to manage livestock ailment were reported by informants in the Ambo District. Herbs were commonly used in the preparation of remedies. Leaf was the most frequently utilized plant part accounting for 49.1% of the total reported medicinal plants. The majority (69.0%) of the medicinal plants used in the study district were uncultivated ones mainly harvested from edges of forests and bushlands, roadsides, riverbanks, and grasslands. High ICF values were obtained for ophthalmological (0.82), dermatological (0.79), febrile (0.77), and gastrointestinal ailments (0.77). The current study shows that there is still rich traditional knowledge on the use of plants to control various animal diseases in the study district. However, such a claim needs to be scientifically verified with priority given to medicinal plants used in the treatment of ailment categories with high ICF values as such plants are considered to be good candidates for further pharmacological evaluation.
由于包括埃塞俄比亚在内的世界各地正在发生不同的变化，关于药用植物使用的传统知识正面临灭绝的危险，因此，为了保护、可持续利用和发展，需要立即对其进行记录。因此，在埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚州阿姆博区进行了一项民族植物学研究，以记录和分析用于治疗动物疾病的药用植物的当地知识。2017年11月至2018年4月期间主要通过与有目的挑选的信息提供者进行半结构化访谈收集数据。收集的数据主要包括受访者的人口统计信息、药用植物的当地名称、使用的植物部位、制备方法、应用方式、治疗的疾病以及所报告植物的习性和栖息地。根据通过访谈获得的数据，计算了信息提供者共识因子（ICF）值。阿姆博区的信息提供者共报告了55种用于治疗牲畜疾病的药用植物。草药常用于制备药物。叶子是最常使用的植物部位，占所报告药用植物总数的49.1%。研究区使用的药用植物大多数（69.0%）是未种植的，主要从森林边缘、灌木丛、路边、河岸和草原采集。眼科疾病（0.82）、皮肤病（0.79）、发热性疾病（0.77）和胃肠道疾病（0.77）的ICF值较高。当前的研究表明，研究区在利用植物控制各种动物疾病方面仍有丰富的传统知识。然而，这一说法需要进行科学验证，应优先考虑用于治疗ICF值较高的疾病类别的药用植物，因为这类植物被认为是进一步进行药理学评估的良好候选者。
