The anthelmintic efficacy of five plant products against gastrointestinal trichostrongylids in artificially infected lambs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 51-60

  Hordegen P ^a   Hertzberg, H ^a,b   Heilmann, J ^c   Langhans, W ^c   Maurer, V ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic plants; Haemonchus contortus; Nematoda; Sheep; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANANAS COMOSUS EXTRACT; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA CRISTA EXTRACT; FENBENDAZOLE; FUMARIA PARVIFLORA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PYRANTEL TARTRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA ANTHELMINTICA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INTESTINE INFECTION; LAMB; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT SEED; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

ANANAS COMOSUS; ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BROMELIACEAE; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA CRISTA; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; EMBELIA; FUMARIA; FUMARIA PARVIFLORA; FUMARIACEAE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MELIA AZEDARACH; MELIACEAE; MYRSINACEAE; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; RIBES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; VERMES; VERNONIA; VERNONIA ANTHELMINTICA;

EID: 0242266917     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.07.027     Document Type: Article

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