Anthelmintic activity of Vernonia anthelmintica seeds against trichostrongylid nematodes of sheep

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 563-567

  Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Lateef, Muhammad ^b   Jabbar, Abdul ^a   Akhtar, Muhammad Shoaib ^a   Khan, Muhammad Nisar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Government of Punjab   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Sheep; Trichostrongylid nematodes; Vernonia anthelmintica

Indexed keywords

LEVAMISOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; TETRAMISOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA ANTHELMINTICA EXTRACT;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POWDER; SHEEP; STRONGYLOIDES; VERNONIA;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE; VERNONIA ANTHELMINTICA;

EID: 33750875942     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600896512     Document Type: Article

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