DOI: 10.36347/sjavs.2018.v05i07.003

Pages: 385-393

Abstract: Ethnobotanical documentation of medicinal plants use is generally an appropriate means of identifying potential sources of new drugs. The present study aimed to investigate and document the use of medicinal plants in the traditional management of sheep helminthiases in Koibatek and Mogotio sub-counties, Baringo County. Fifteen (15) plants were identified through preliminary field surveys in nine administrative units of the two sub-counties. Demographic information on age and sex of informants was collected to check the existing knowledge and attitude on the use of medicinal plants used in treating sheep helminthiases. The results indicated that out of 130 respondents interviewed, 49 out of 83 men and 23 out of 47 female had knowledge on the use of medicinal plants but there was no significant association in the knowledge of medicinal plant with the gender (X2=63.33, d.f=48; P=0.068). The findings will offer a major and accessible source of information for livestock farmers and other actors in the livestock industry. It will also provide sustainable and easily affordable herbal medicine for helminthiases treatment.