Medicinal plants used to treat livestock ailments in Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 2 Statistical test of significance and independent t-test on the number of medicinal plants mentioned by informant groups in the Ensaro District

Parameters	Informant groups	N	mean	T-value	P-value
Informant types	General informants	294	4.1	2.126	0.035*
Informant types	Traditional medicine practitioners	95	4.6	2.126	0.035*
Gender	Men	283	4.7	9.134	0.0001*
Gender	Women	106	3.1	9.134	0.0001*
Place of residence	Rural	368	3.8	15.76	0.0001*
Place of residence	Urban	21	1.2	15.76	0.0001*

^*Significant difference (P < 0.05), **t (0.05) (two tailed), df = 388, N = number of informants

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