author(s)
S Usha and A Yasotha

abstract
The use of herbal medicine for human ailments has dwindled over the past few decades with the advent of allopathy, and if it is still being used as a viable practice for livestock ailment is not well known. The aim of this study was to document the use of medicinal plants for veterinary practices by people living in this Kolli hills area. The study documented 19 plant species as medicine are used to cure various diseases such as mastitis, enteritis, arthritis, stomatitis, scabies, ulcers, glossitis, body weakness, bone fractures, skin infection, chronic wound, dysentery, ephemeral fever, maggot wound and insect bite salivation from the mouth, wounding, and conjunctivitis in animals. Among them Azadirachta indica (40%) had the highest usage. The present investigation pointed out the tribal people in Namakkal District have traditional information to manage medicine have been reported for the first time in India. This study revealed most of the medicinal plants used by the community of study area consist phytochemical in the leaf, stem, bark and rhizome. Therefore, there is a necessary to generate awareness among the local population towards the sustainable utilization and conservation of ethno veterinary medicinal plants.