A survey of plants used in ectoparasite infections can provide important information for natural treatments in farming areas, in order to produce novel products. An ethnobotanical survey on plants used to treat ectoparasite infections of ruminant livestock was conducted in the village of Borguiendé located in sahelian region of Burkina Faso using. The approach adopted integrates questionnaires and interviews. The results of the survey found a total of 17 traditional remedies containing 19 plants belonging to 13 different families that were used in the treatment of various pathological effects of ectoparasites. The plants frequently used were Nicotiana tabacum (15,9%), followed by Adenium obesum (12,7%) and Bridelia micrantha (11,1%). The current forms of use are the decoction (65%), the maceration (20%) and the powder (15%). The main administration forms of these remedies include the application on skin (70%) and the oral route (30%). Therefore, protection measures of these plants and also the assessment of their therapeutic efficiency will reinforce their efficient utilisations by the livestock breeders.
