Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2015

Incidence of Retained Placenta in Ruminants and its Treatment by Rural Farmers in Northern Ghana

Alenyorege B, Mensah K.

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 A study was conducted to assess the level of incidence of retained placenta in ruminants and to identify how farmers treatretained placenta in affected animals in Northern Ghana. Data from 100 livestock keepers were collected through personal interviews. Focusgroup discussions were also held to obtain information on materials used in treating retained placenta by farmers.The data were tallied according to specie of animal and season of occurrence A test of significance for differences in prevalence using t–test and chi–square of SPSS version 16.0 was used. Incidenceof retained placenta was lowin the study area (8.24% vrs. the normal of about 14%), butsignificantly higher in goats (11.01%) and sheep (10.45%) compared to cattle (7.06%),Season of birth had significant effects on incidence of retained placenta in cattle only with late dry season incidence of 67.5 %. Thiswas significantly higher(X2 =7.901; P=0.048) than the rest of the season. Sixteen ethno–veterinarymedicines were identified by rural farmers and used in treating retained placenta. Twelve of thesewere of plant sources. The most used wereVernonia amygdalina(18.5%),wissadula amphissma (16.1%) andAdansonia digitata(7.4%).While four were none–plant sources with the most commonly used of them being common salt (NaCl). The plant parts utilized for treatment were mainly roots (42%) and leaves (34%).These results showed that Ethno–veterinary medicine is very important in the treatment of retained placenta in ruminants in the study area.

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Alenyorege B, Mensah K. Incidence of Retained Placenta in Ruminants and its Treatment by Rural Farmers in Northern Ghana Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 7 July 2015

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