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Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science

Practices of ethnoveterinary medicine and ethnobotanical knowledge of plants used to treat livestock diseases, Wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia

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Article: 2248691 | Received 25 May 2023, Accepted 11 Aug 2023, Published online: 22 Aug 2023

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