title: Ethnoveterinary study of medicinal plants in a tribal society of Sulaiman range.
abstract: The aims of the present study were (i) to document ethnoveterinary plants and their formulation techniques in an unexplored region of Pakistan and (ii) to select candidate medicinal plants with high consensus factor and fidelity value for further in vitro investigation. A total of 60 informants were interviewed using semistructured questionnaire. A total of 41 plants belonging to 30 families were used to treat livestock ailments in study area. Mostly leaves (47%) were used in recipes formulation mostly in the form of decoction. Gastrointestinal infections were found more common and majority of the plants were used against cow (31) and buffaloes (24) ailments. Recovery time of majority of the recipes was three to four days. Informant consensus factor (Fic) results have shown a high degree of consensus for gastrointestinal, respiratory, and reproductive (0.95 each) ailments. Fidelity level (FL) results showed that Asparagus gracilis ranked first with FL value 93% followed by Rumex hastatus ranked second (91%) and Tinospora cordifolia ranked third (90%). Aged farmers and nomads had more traditional knowledge as compared to younger ones. Plants with high Fic and FL values could be further investigated in vitro for the search of some novel bioactive compounds and young generation should be educated regarding ethnoveterinary practices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat 26000, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Akash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tariq
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat 26000, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Sakina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mussarat
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat 26000, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adnan
authors.affiliation: Riyadh Community College, King Saud University, Riyadh 11437, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Naser M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: AbdElsalam
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Government College Ara Khel, FR Kohat 26000, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Riaz
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ullah
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University of Nizwa, 616 Nizwa, Oman.
authors.forename: Abdul Latif
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D058751:Livestock; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods*