Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants and their utilization by the people of Soro District, Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study was conducted upon signing of agreement between the Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management of the Addis Ababa University (AAU) and the directorate of traditional medicine of the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EHPI). The support letter obtained from the EPHI was presented to the study District (Soro). Letter of support obtained from the District to the study sites (kebeles) for the facilitation of the study. Before conducting the semi-structured interviews, the participants were given full information about the planned research and that the purpose is academic research and the information to be obtained would be treated with confidentiality and utmost care. The participants gave oral consent and they were assured that their responses would be used academic purposes and that there is no commercial interest. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have not declared any competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have not declared any competing interests."

"Funding Funding was obtained from Addis Ababa University (AAU) and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI)."