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Remèdes vétérinaires traditionnels utilisés dans les élevagesdechèvres à Lubumbashi et proche périphérie, RD Congo

Traditional veterinary remedies used by goat breeders in Lubumbashi city and its peri-urban areas (DR Congo)

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Peu de données sont disponibles quant aux remèdes traditionnels administrés aux animaux en République démocratique du Congo. Les objectifs de l’enquête sont le recensement des recettes utilisées par les éleveurs de chèvres à Lubumbashi (province du Katanga) et sa proche périphérie, et l’étude de l’usage qu’ils en font en fonction des symptômes présentés par leurs animaux. Une enquête semi-structurée a été menée auprès de 50 éleveurs de caprins, préalablement sélectionnés car reconnaissant utiliser des recettes traditionnelles pour soigner leurs animaux. Douze recettes ont été recensées. L’enquête montre que les éleveurs traitent la majorité des symptômes rencontrés chez leurs chèvres avec des remèdes qu’ils confectionnent euxmêmes. Néanmoins, cette approche se révèle ne pas être un choix : les éleveurs préféreraient, même s’ils reconnaissent l’utilité et l’efficacité de ces remèdes, avoir les moyens d’administrer des médicaments. Toutes les plantes utilisées sont par ailleurs citées en d’autres lieux et d’autres circonstances comme plantes médicinales.

Abstract

Few data are available on traditional remedies administered to animals in Democratic Republic of Congo. The aims of this study were to inventory traditional remedies used on goats in Lubumbashi (Katanga) and its peri-urban areas and to identify when these remedies are administered. A questionnaire survey was led with 50 owners of goats. Twelve traditional remedies have been identified as being used against major disease symptoms observed in goats. The present survey contributed to the inventory of traditional remedies used by goat breeders in the urban and peri-urban zone of Lubumbashi. All the used plants are already acknowledged in other places and other circumstances as healing plants.

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  1. Service de pharmacologie et toxicologie, faculté de médecine vétérinaire, université de Lubumbashi, BP 1825, Lubumbashi, République démocratique du Congo

    V. E. Okombe & C. S. Pongombo

  2. Service de chimie thérapeutique et de pharmacognosie, faculté de médecine et de pharmacie, université de Mons, bâtiment Mendeleiev, avenue Maistriau, B-7000, Mons, Belgique

    P. Duez

  3. Bibliothèque des sciences de la vie, université de Liège, avenue de l’Hôpital, bâtiment B35, B-4000, Liège, Belgique

    S. Vandenput

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Okombe, V.E., Pongombo, C.S., Duez, P. et al. Remèdes vétérinaires traditionnels utilisés dans les élevagesdechèvres à Lubumbashi et proche périphérie, RD Congo. Phytothérapie 12, 234–241 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10298-014-0873-3

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