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Table 4 Animal parts or products used to traditional medicine in the study area

From: Ethnozoological study of traditional medicinal appreciation of animals and their products among the indigenous people of Metema Woreda, North-Western Ethiopia

No.

Medicinal parts/products of animals

No. of parts/products used

Percentage (%)

1

Meat/fat

23

23.5

2

Visceral organ (liver, spleen, Bile, stomach/intestine)

21

21.4

3

Products (honey, venom, milk, butter)

13

13.3

4

Bone/teeth

12

12.2

5

External Body part (head, tail, leg, skin, horn, spine/thorn)

12

12.2

6

Excreta (stool and urine)

6

6.1

7

Whole body

6

6.1

8

Blood

5

5.1