Ethnoveterinary plants and practices used for ecto-parasite control in semi-arid smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe

Table 4 The most frequently mentioned livestock parasites by species in the four districts

Livestock Species	Common parasites as identified by respondents (%)
	Ticks	Flies	Tsetse flies	Mange mites	Fleas	Lice
Cattle	81.0	0.9	0.4	0.4	-	-
Sheep	5.6	0.4	-	-	-	-
Goats	49.8	-	0.4	3.9	0.4	0.4
Indigenous chickens	-	1.3	-	3.4	27.5	22.7
Commercial chickens	-	-	-	-	0.4	0.9
Pigs	-	-	-	2.2	-	1.3
Donkeys	13.3	0.4	-	-	0.4	0.4
*Other species	-	0.9	-	-	0.9	2.1

*Refers to livestock species that were available in very small numbers. These include; turkeys, rabbits and guinea fowls. "-" means the ectoparasites were reported absent for that livestock species.

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