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Ethnomedicinal use of African pangolins by traditional medical practitioners in Sierra Leone

Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, Volume 10, Year 2014

METHODS: A total of 63 traditional medical practitioners consented and were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaires on the traditional medicinal use of pangolin body parts. The use value, informant agreement ratio and use agreement value for each pangolin part was calculated to ascertain the most sought after body part, the level of knowledge dissemination among traditional medical practitioners about body parts and the most culturally significant body part.
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Sierra Leone