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An Inventory of Medicinal Plants Used in Traditional Veterinary Medicine Practices in Pabna Region, Bangladesh

Jahangir Alam
Department of Botany, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh

G. P. Ghosh*
Department of Botany, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh

M. N. Amin
Department of Botany, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh

R. Islam
Department of Botany, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Traditional practices for the treatment of domestic animals with the help of plants are common in rural Bangladesh. The diversity of plants of ethno-veterinary importance was investigated in the rural area of Pabna district, Bangladesh. It was found that the local people and traditional healers utilized 43 plant species in the treatment of common livestocks’ ailments such as diarrhea, worm complaints, hemorrhagic septicemia, stomach problem and in-appetite, fracture of bone, inflammation, etc. From the survey it was also revealed that local people used different plant parts in different ways to get cured from the ailments of ruminants. It was concluded that the efforts on the development of cheaper ethnoveterinary services and imputes in the region should get more focused on the abundant local resources as flora and culture.

Keywords: Medicinal plants, Folk medicine, Ethno-veterinary, Livestock ailments, Pabna, Bangladesh.

Location: Pabna Region, Bangladesh

Start Date: 00-01-2009

End Date: 00-12-2009

Program Area: Development of Host and Medicinal Plants

Commodity: Medicinal Plants

Objectives:

This paper presents the results of a survey carried out to determine the diversity of plants utilized in ethno-veterinary practices in greater Pabna district, Bangladesh.

Methodology:

The fieldwork for this study was conducted over 12 months (Janaury to December, 2009) in 10 villages (Dhalar char, Maldhapara, Seikhpara, Hatigara, Purbakarmza, Kalia, Kandapara, Charangaru, Dugulia and Bentia) of greater Pabna district and mainly based on structured and semi-structured interviews (Martin 1995, Mukherjee 1993).

In this ethno-botanical study, 20 knowledgeable elders (2 from each village) between the age of 30 to 60, 5 women of 30 to 45 years and 5 traditional healers were involved who served as key informants. Besides these, 150 informants (15 from each village) age ranges from 20-60 years who served as general informants. During the course of the study, each informant visited two times in order to collect and crosscheck the information. On each occasion, informant was sought on the local names, parts used, medicinal values and process of administration. A representative sample of each plant was then collected, tagged and stored for subsequent botanical identification.

Source of Information: Plant Environ. Dev. 3(I):01-05, 2014 (January)

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Achievement/Findings:

No published information exists on the diversity of plants of ethno-veterinary importance in Pabna region. This is because the region was not regarded as an important livestock producing area. However, recent development has focused on research on small holders ruminant production system in other areas e.g. in Nigeria in Sub-Saharan Africa (de Haan and Bekure 1991) and in Pakistan (Dilshad et al. 2008, Farooq et al. 2008). Under such circumstances, information on indigenous plants with veterinary importance becomes crucial since it provides the clues by means of which research could be focused on a particular therapeutically action thus leading to a circumvention of the more costly Western methodologies. Research efforts geared towards the development of cheaper animal health inputs and services in Least Developed Countries (LDC), should, therefore, focus on indigenous resources such as flora and culture.

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