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    INVESTIGATION ON ETHNOVETERINARY MEDICINAL PLANTS AND NON PLANT REMEDIES USED FOR TREATMENT OF LIVESTOCK AILMENTS IN YEM SPECIAL DISTRICT, SNNPRS, ETHIOPIA
    (Wolkite University, 2023-06) ABIYOT SISAY NANO
    Most Ethiopian farmers rely on locally available plants to treat diseases of their domestic animals. Such knowledge needs to be recorded and transferred to generations before it is eroded. The aim of this study was to investigate the ethnoveterinary medicinal plant and non-plant remedies used for treatment of livestock ailments in Yem Special District, Southern Ethiopia. Sixty-seven informants were purposively selected from seven study kebeles. Semi-structured interviews, field observations and focus group discussions were used to collect ethnoveterinary information. The data were analyzed using quantitative approaches. A total of 151 plant species and 25 non plant remedies were used in the treatment of 49 livestock ailments based on 26 signs and symptoms. Plant family lamiaceaeand non-plant remedies meat of porcupines were frequently used. The most frequently harvested plant parts were leaves (66.2%). Pounding (87.3) was the most commonly used method of remedy preparation whereas the most widely used method of administration is oral (67.5). The majority of medicinal plants (82.2%) were harvested from the wild. Herbs(35.1%) were the dominant growth form. In this study, the highest relative importance, relative ferequence of citation values and most preferred medicinal plant species for the most frequently cited disease was Olinia rochetiana A. Juss. Ensete ventricosum was used for various purposes by the local people. The highest informant consensus factor values were gastrointestinal and end parasites (0.71) disease categories. Calpurnia aurea. (Ait.) Benth showed the highest fidelity level value (95%) in dermatological and ectoparasitesand from non plant remedies, faces of aardvark (100%) in reproductive and bile of animals(100%) in gastrointestinal and endoparasite disease categories. The Plant species with the highest use value was; Cordial africana Lam (6). The current study shows that medicinal plants and non-plant remedies are still the major animal health care system in Yem Distrct. Hence, Conducting phytochemical screening and clinical trials of the MPs with high informant consensus and FL, and plant species and animal identified as sources of traditional medicine in the area should be conserved.