Miticidal property of Acorus calamus against Ear-canker in rabbits

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-30

  Singh, D Anandha Prakash ^a,b   Raman, M ^a,b   Sasikala, M ^a,c   Kumar, M Ashok ^a,c   Sakthivadivu, R ^a,c   Bharathi, M Elaiya ^a,c   Kumar, V Ramesh Saravana ^a,b  

^a MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Livestock Production and Management ^*

^c VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acorus calamus; Ear canker; Miticidal activity; Psoroptes cuniculi; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACORUS CALAMUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PSOROPTES CUNICULI;

EID: 34247577251     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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