Robert  Opiro, Anne M.  Akol, Joseph  Okello-Onen, 
    Ethnoveterinary Botanicals Used for Tick Control in the Acholi Subregion of Uganda,
    Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances,
    Volume 9,Issue 23,
    2010,
    Pages 2951-2954,
    ISSN 1680-5593,
    javaa.2010.2951.2954,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2010.2951.2954)
    Abstract: A survey was done to document ethnobotanicals for managing and controlling tick vectors of deadly cattle diseases. About 100 respondents aged 45 years and more distributed among 10 sub-counties of Gulu and Amuru districts in Northern Uganda were interviewed for their knowledge of plants with anti-tick properties and/or plant species used to manage ticks on cattle. All respondents were drawn from cattle keeping households. The plants were documented in both local and scientific names. A total of 13 plant species falling into 8 different botanical families were documented as locally known to control ticks. A mechanism for propagating these ethnoknowledge as well as conservation measures particularly for the plant species with high use frequency as reported by the locals therefore need to be developed.
    Keywords: Ethnoveterinary;ethnobotanicals;ethnoknowledge;indigenous knowledge;ticks;Northern Uganda