Antimicrobial Activity of Selected Ethnoveterinary Medicinal Plants of Southern Region, Ethiopia

Figures & data

Figure 1 Map of the study area.

Table 1 List of Selected Ethnoveterinary Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers for Livestock Health Management in the Dawuro Zone

Scientific Name	Family Name	Local Name	Part Used	Preparation	Route	Veterinary Uses in the Study area	Medicinal Uses Reported from Other Parts of Ethiopia and Elsewhere	Voucher No.
Withania somnifera L.	Solanaceae	S’eemushsha	Leaf	Pounding, put the fresh leave on fire	Oral, Nasal, Fumes/smoking	GIT parasitism, Diarrhea, Blackleg, Trypanosomosis (Equine)	Blackleg, bloody diarrheal (Lulekal et al2014), stomach problems (Bussmann et al 2011)	DZ155
Becium obovatum (E. Mey. ex Benth. in E. Mey) N.E. Br	Lamiaceae	Sa’a tuussaa/C’am’ashiya	Leaf	Pounding and mixed with water, salt	Nasal	Listeriosis/ encircling disease, Mastitis, Blackleg, Diarrhea	Stomach ailments and abdominal pain (Hutchings et al 1996)	DZ31
Ageratum conyzoides L.	Asteraceae	Kirkissaa/Puk’ak’iya	Leaf	Pounding	Oral	Diarrhea, Blackleg, Leech, Promote milk and butter yield	Bleeding wound (Bitew et al 2019), insecticide (Degu et al 2020)	DZ47
Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Defiers	Rubaceae	Shid’i bid’aa	Root	Pounding and mixed with water	Oral	Bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain	Calf diarrheal (Tekle, 2014), Anthrax, helminthiasis, Lumpy Skin Disease (Lulekal et al2014), lymphadenitis (Giday et al 2009); snake bite (Bekalo et al 2009)	DZ200

Abbreviation: DZ, Dawuro Zone.

Table 2 Scientific Names, Plant Parts, Amount Macerated, and Percentage Yields of 95% Ethanolic Extracted from Test Plants

Plant Species	Local Name	Plants Part Extracted	Amount Macerated (gm)	Yield (gm)	Yield (%)
Withania somnifera	S’eemushsha	Leaf	25	4.823	19.292
Becium obovatum	Sa’a tussa	Leaf	25	1.172	4.688
Ageratum conyzoides	Kirkissa	Leaf	25	1.02	4.08
Pentas lanceolata	Shiribid’d’a	Root	25	0.668	2.672

Figure 2 Zone of inhibition of plant extracts on S. aureus.

Figure 3 Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of plant extracts.