Approche Ethno-Vétérinaire Des Plantes Médicinales Utilisées Dans La Région De Sidi Bel Abbes- Algérie

Abstract

The control of the health risk affecting human health and animal remains a major problem in Algeria and in the world. The high use of antibiotics led to the antibiotic resistance, which is observed in farmed animals since these last decades. In this work is an approach to the traditional remedies in poultry farming in veterinary medicine. A survey was conducted with 60 farmers in the region of Sidi Bel Abbes of the West- Algeria. This study was designed to understand the way to treat diseases and the traditional knowledge of breeders on the plants, which are derived from the tradition of treating farm animals in Algeria. No work has been done before at this region for this reason, we have therefore preferred a survey for this study. A questionnaire has been developed specifically to this effect focused on: Profile of the respondents, characteristics of the medicinal plants, traditional treatments. Our results have revealed that 85% of women have a know quite important treating plants, 75% respondents aged over 60 years and 55% of illiterate practice use the medicinal plants to treat their animals. The most used plants are Thymus capitatus 20% followed by thymus vulgaris 15%, their use is dominated by decoction 31.67%; the sheets are more used part of the plants 26.67% the forest 30%because of the forest source at this region study, 91.67% of spontaneous plants are harvested, the mode of Oral admission uses are respectively 70%, 53.33%. 25% in a sheeps and 20% in chickens where they undergo a basic treatment of medicinal plants.