To determine the impact of ethno pharmacological drugs on control of trypanosomosis in Iriiri sub-county, Napak district

Abstract

The study was carried out so as to determine the impact of ethno pharmacological drugs, the types of ethno pharmacological drugs and their usage on control of trypanosomosis disease in Iriiri Sub County, Napak district. Trypanosomosis has effects on livestock sector as it reduces animal production and productivity thus undermining food security and economic development (Holt et al., 2016). There is currently limited information on the use of alternative interventions in the management of the disease like use of ethno medicine (Sofowora et al., 2013). No study has yet been conducted to address this gap. A cross sectional study was conducted for five days, while dealing with sampled respondents, the survey focused mostly on affected parishes of Iriiri and Tepeth. It targeted livestock farmers, youths, and elderly and kraal leaders. Questions were generated in a questionnaire and were posed to the sampled respondents to answer them respectively. The means of the results from the answers obtained were analyzed using the descriptive data analysis technique. Basing on the results obtained from the study, Belemnite trees, Acacia Spp, Neem and Croton Macrostachyus trees were the predominant ethno pharmacological drugs used for control of trypanosomosis in Iriiri Sub County, The Impact of Ethno pharmacological drugs on treatment and prevention of trypanosomosis was established at 66% and 30% respectively. Further exploration should be done to identify more plants with ethno pharmacological effects on control of African Animal trypanosomosis in Napak district. It is important that plants used in traditional medicine to treat African trypanosomosis be validated and their active principles identified in order to design standardized ethno medicines for treatment of African Animal trypanosomosis. Suggested areas for further research be on the mode of action of the active natural compounds has almost never been thoroughly studied.