Ethnoveterinary Botanicals Used for Tick Control in the Acholi Subregion of Uganda

Abstract

A survey was done to document ethnobotanicals for managing and controlling tick vectors od deadly cattle diseases. About 100 respondents aged 45 years and more distributed among 10 sub-countries of Gulu and Amuru districts in Northern Uganda were interviewed for their knowledge of plants with anti-tick properties and/or plant species used to manage ticks on cattle.

All respondents were drawn from cattle keeping housholds. the plants were documented in both local and sciencetific names. A total of 13 plants species falling into 8 different botanical families were documented as locally known to control ticks. A mechanism for propagating these ethnpkowlegde as well a conversation measures particularly for the plant species with high use frequency as reported by the locals therefore need to be developed.