Table 3: Botanical and veterinary frequency, exposure level and season of occurrence of poisonous plants.

Scientific Names Local Name (Qafaraf) Botanical Frequency Veterinary Frequency Exposure Level Season
Capparis tomentosa Andela 156 Bloating (136), Death (20) Single Any time
Prosopis juliflora Datihara 133 Bloalting (22), Lower jaw dislocation (111) Repeated Winter
Parthenium hysterophorus - 124 Anuria (34), hematuria (90) Repeated Summer, autumn
Lantana camara - 56 Photosensitization (41), bloody urine (l5) Repeated Summer
NA Asihara 87 Bloating (87) Single Summer
NA Adihara 28 Bloating (28) Repeated Summer
NA Boboe’ita 12 Death (12) Repeated Summer
Sorghum bicolar Basinga 117 Bloating (85), death (32) Single Summer, autumn
Grass species Ayiso 141 Bloating (122), inappetance (19) Repeated Summer
Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) 21 Bloody urine (21) Repeated Winter
Medicago burweed 13 Bloating (13) Single Summer
Snowdonia polystachia 15 Bloating (6), diarrhea (9) Single Summer
Prunus Africana 8 Bloating (3), salivation (5) Repeated Summer
Solanum incanum 6 Diarrhea (4), incoordination (2) Single Summer
Crotalaria
incana
2 Diarrhea (1), depression (1) Single Summer
Plantago
lanceolata
3 Bloating (2), anuria (1) Repeated Any time
Amaranthus spp. 2 Bloating (1), bloody urine (1) Repeated Summer
Acacia absynica Goronta 34 Bloating (34) Repeated Any time
Datura
stramonium
4 Depression (1), erection of hair (1),
Bloating (2)
Single Any time
Hibiscus
ludwigii
1 Bloating (1) Repeated Summer
Maytenus senegalensis 1 Bloody urine (1) Single Any time

Leaf part (42.8%), bloating as a clinical sign (66.7%) and Aba’ala district (81%) were among the category of the variables of identified poisonous plants with higher frequency (Table 4).