Use of medicinal plants distributed in lowland Karabakh in ethnoveterinary medicine

The research work was conducted in the territory of lowland Karabakh during 2020-2022. The main goal of the work was to reveal medicinal plants used in ethnoveterinary and their effectiveness in terms of the development of animal husbandry, which has an ancient history in the region. During the research, ethnobotanical survey methods were used, statistical analyzes were carried out, plant samples were collected and determined according to classical and modern methods. Interviews were conducted with 123 local residents aged 40 and over living in 56 villages of the study area. Of those who took part in the interviews, 78 were women, 45-men, 67 were engaged in agriculture, 56-doctors. As a result of surveys, it was found that out of 1100 species distributed in the territory, 39 species belonging to 15 families are used in the treatment of various diseases in ethnoveterinary medicine. The effectiveness of the species in diseases, the degree of reliability and the value of use were also evaluated. The consensus factor was high for skin diseases (ICF 0.91), fever (ICF 0.98) and eye diseases (ICF 0.88). The value of the use of Аrtеmisiа аbsinthium (0.70) and Mentha longifolia (0.69) was the highest according to the number of references obtained. The reliability rate of Sаlviа vеrticillаtа, Urtica urens, Urticа diоicа, Plаntаgо lаncеоlаtа, Аrtеmisiа аbsinthium, Achillea filipendulina and Glycyrrhizа glаbrа was the highest (100%). Since 16 of the species used as medicine are fodder plants, they directly affect the health of animals in grazing areas.