tailieunhanh - Use of Herbal Plants in Poultry Health Management in the Mushagashe Small-Scale Commercial Farming Area in Zimbabwe

Available as an emulsifiable concentrate, RaVap is applied to approximately 10 percent of the birds treated for ectoparasites and 7 percent of premise area (14 million square feet) for a variety of pests. Treatments are applied as high-pressure sprays at a rate of pound tetrachlorvinphos + pound dichlorvos per 100 birds. Premise applications are made at a rate of + pound to + pound of active ingredient per 1,000 square feet of surface area for a variety of pests in poultry houses. RaVap is occasionally used as a spot larvicide treatment for fly control. | Use of Herbal Plants in Poultry Health Management in the Mushagashe Small-Scale Commercial Farming Area in Zimbabwe Marizvikuru Mwale MSc Evison Bhebhe PhDf Michael Chimonyo PhDf Tinyiko Edward Halimani MSc1 Department of Agriculture Bindura University of Science Education Bindura Zimbabwe Department of Paraclinical Veterinary Studies Department of Animal Science University of Zimbabwe Mount Pleasant Harare Zimbabwe KEY WORDS Ethnoveterinary medicine Aloe vera Aloe spicata chickens health management ABSTRACT For poor smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe conventional drugs have become very expensive and an out-of-reach resource for the health management of chickens. A diagnostic survey was undertaken in the Mushagashe district in Zimbabwe to determine the extent of the usage of Aloe vera and Aloe spicata in the health management of chickens. A total of 103 structured questionnaires were distributed to randomly selected farmers who owned chickens. Avian coccidiosis was found to be prevalent in chickens . The other major poultry diseases reported were Marek s disease 100 fowl typhoid Newcastle disease and fowl coryza in order of occurrence. A vera and A spicata were the predominantly used plant species for chicken health management. Other ethnoveterinary drugs that were used include Lycopersicon esculentum Myrothamnus fabellifo ilius Lannea stullmannii Ficus burkei Sarcostemma viminale Capsicum annum and soot. Use of A vera and A spicata was not affected by age residence level of education or religion of the farmer P . Males 64 used the A vera and A spicata more than females 36 . No side effects of using A loe species herbs were reported. A vera and A spica-ta leaves were generally fresh and used only when birds looked unhealthy went off feed or blood was seen in their droppings. The leaves were harvested cleaned with water and crushed before they were mixed with drinking water for chickens. The medicated water was offered to all birds until they showed