Preliminary screening of Trachyspermum ammi (L.) seed for anthelmintic activity in sheep

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 491-496

  Lateef, M ^a   Iqbal, Z ^a   Akhtar, M S ^a   Jabbar, A ^a   Khan, M N ^a   Gilani, A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Nematodes; Seeds; Sheep; Trachyspermum ammi

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; APIALES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; PAKISTAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT SEED; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; APIACEAE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PAKISTAN; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMMI VISNAGA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

EID: 33751197496     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-006-4315-6     Document Type: Article

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