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Table 2 List of livestock diseases against which three or more medicinal have been prescribed

From: Ethnobotanical study of plants used in management of livestock health problems by Afar people of Ada’ar District, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia

Disease english name

Disease local name

Number of medicinal plants used in treatment

Blackleg

ladore

17

Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia

indahi

8

Sudden sickness

geno

7

Pneumonia

kehu

6

Babesia

abel

5

Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia

gublo/sengite

5

Diarrhoea

uruga

5

Anthrax

geno

4

Bloat

finoita

4

External woulnd

dale

4

Tick infestation

kilem

3