ethnoveterinary knowledge; gastrointestinal parasites; herbal remedies; Pharmacology; goats; Africa, Central
Abstract :
[en] Gastrointestinal parasite (GIP) infections control has an important role to play in increasing livestock production from a limited natural resource base and to improve animal health and welfare. This study aimed to collect indigenous knowledge and identify wild plants locally used by goat smallholders of three territories of Haut-Katanga province for treating signs of gastrointestinal parasitism. Ethnoveterinary surveys were conducted by semi-structured interviews and a bibliographic screening of the biological activities relating to cited plants was carried out. Our interviews showed that ethnosemantic diagnoses of GIP diseases are based on signs. Eighty-seven informants reported that 27 plant species from 15 families, dominated by Fabaceae (29.6%) and Lamiaceae (18.5%) were commonly used in their goats treatment. Among these plants, five species with palmately compound leaves were considerably more used. From those, we noted a substitution of Vitex congolensis De Wild. and T. Durand (Lamiaceae) by Oldfieldia dactylophylla (Welw. Ex Oliv.) J. Leonard (Picrodendraceae) and of Vitex mombassae Vatke by Vitex madiensis Oliv. Subsp. Milanjiensis (Britten) F. White. Roots (46.9%), leaves (28.0%) and seeds (12.5%) were the most frequently used plant organs, and maceration is applied for most of the medicinal preparations (62.2%). Recipes were administered by oral route, for GIP 1) prevention (33.3%), by macerating the ground plant material in drinking water for 2 weeks at the start of each season (dry and rainy); and 2) treatment (66.7%). According to the literature, some of these plants have few or no studies investigating their anthelmintic activity. The cited plants are worth investigating further as they could constitute an effective alternative strategy in maintaining animal productivity. Studies on the biological activity of these plants can also provide indications of promising leads for extracts that could be developed into commercial standardized medications.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Mavungu, Gaël Nzuzi; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Unit of Pharmacology and Therapeutic, University of Lubumbashi (UNILU), Lubumbashi, Congo ; Unit of Therapeutic Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Université de Mons (UMONS), Mons, Belgium ; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Liège (ULiège), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Liege, Belgium
Mutombo, Cedrick Shakalenga; Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Lubumbashi (UNILU), Lubumbashi, Congo ; Unit of Therapeutic Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Université de Mons (UMONS), Mons, Belgium
Numbi, Désiré Mujike; Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Lubumbashi (UNILU), Lubumbashi, Congo
Nsenga, Salvatora Nkulu; Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Lubumbashi (UNILU), Lubumbashi, Congo
Muyumba, Welcome Nonga; Department of Chemistry-physics Lubumbashi, High college training teachers of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Congo ; Unit of Therapeutic Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Université de Mons (UMONS), Mons, Belgium
Pongombo, Celestin Shongo; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Unit of Pharmacology and Therapeutic, University of Lubumbashi (UNILU), Lubumbashi, Congo
Bakari, Salvius Amuri; Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Lubumbashi (UNILU), Lubumbashi, Congo
Nachtergael, Amandine; Unit of Therapeutic Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Université de Mons (UMONS), Mons, Belgium
Vandenput, Sandrina ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CARE "ULiège Library" > ULiège Library : Sciences de la Santé
Okombe, Victor Embeya; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Unit of Pharmacology and Therapeutic, University of Lubumbashi (UNILU), Lubumbashi, Congo
Duez, Pierre; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Liège (ULiège), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health (FARAH), Liege, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Smallholders' knowledge about healing goat gastrointestinal parasite infections with wild plants in southern DR Congo.
ARES - Académie de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur [BE]
Funding text :
We are grateful to the Académie de Recherche et d’Enseignement Supérieur (ARES-Belgian) for financial support of this research through the PhytoKat project. We would also like to highly acknowledge the contribution of the local administration and researchers. Moreover, authors would like to extend sincere acknowledgment to the farmer local practitioners and agriculture development agents working in the study districts, for their help during data collection.ARES (Academie de l’Enseignement et de la Recherche Scientifique), Belgium.
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