Veterinary Public Health & Preventive Medicine
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Item Ethno-veterinary medicine perspectives of common diseases and health problems of livestock kept by rural women in South-West Nigeria: a case study(2010) Ogunwale, I.; Babalobi, O. O.Ethnoveterinary medicine is the scientific term for traditional animal health care and provides low cost alternatives to use of modem veterinary services and drugs. Research into ethnoveterinary medicine is often undertaken as part of a community-based approach that serves to improve animal health and provide basic veterinary services in rural areas. The study applied some participatory, rural appraisal tools to identify common diseases and health problems among livestock kept by women formers in a case study rural setting in Southwest Nigeria as well as their ethnoveterinary practises and perception. Common livestock, diseases end health problems were ranked by respondents as Diarrhoea (26%), Newcastle Disease (22.7%), Mange (18%) fowl pox (8.4%) Pestes des petite ruminants (7.8%), Lice infestation (5.8%) foot and nose bots (5.2%), lick infestation (3.9%) and Contagious Caprine Plcuro pneumonic (1.95%). The farmers regard traditional intervention on the diseases of their animals as very effective as palliative treatment, and modern veterinary - services as curative but less accessible and very expensive. Veterinary staff associated with the community complained about non conducive working environment and lack of mobility/ambulatory vehicle, problems of quacks that have motorcycles and go around disguising as Veterinary doctors. Recommendations are-made for the training of some educated community members of community animal health workers, the control of quackery in rural areas, the provision of adequate mobility and conducive working environment for Veterinary staff as well as provision of veterinary services to farmers at affordable prices.Item Community based participatory epizootiology of livestock kept by Awotan Women, Ido LGA, Oyo State, Nigeria(2007) Ogunwale, I.; Babalobi, O. O.Participatory Epizootiology (PE) is the use of participatory approaches and methods, involving the community based livestock keepers, to improve the understanding of their animal diseases and production problems, and to design appropriate veterinary intervention and other action plans for these problems Women are generally responsible for small stocks of livestock species kept in local communities This study was to investigate by the use of semi structured interviews, livestock diseases and health problems of traditional animal health projects in the study area, Awotan in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State; with livestock keeping women as the primary respondents. The major species of animal kept were sheep and goats (51%), domestic fowl (27%), and dog (4%). They were kept under a semi intensive system of management in which the farmer have no adequate control over the animals. Common livestock diseases and health problems is encountered by female livestocks at Awotan were ranked by respondents as follows, Diarrhea (26%), Newcastle disease (22.7%), Mange (18%), Fowl pox 8.4%) petos des petite ruminants PPR (7.8%), Lice infestation 5.8%, Foot and nose bots 5.2%, Tick infestation 3.0%and Contagious Caprine Pleuro-pneumonia CCPP (1.95%). The farmers regard traditional intervention on the disease of their animals as very effective as a palliative treatment and modern veterinarian services as curative but less accessible and very expensive. Veterinary staff associated with the community complained about non conducive working environment and lack of mobility ambulatory vehicle, problems of ‘quacks’ that have motor cycles and go around disguising as veterinary doctors. Recommendations are made for the training of some educated community members as community animal health workers, the control of quackery in the Awoton, the provision of adequate mobility and conducive working environment for Veterinary staff, as well as provision of veterinary services to farmers at affordable prices.