Evaluation of anthelmintic properties of some plants used as livestock dewormers against Haemonchus contortus infections in sheep

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-253

  Githiori, J B ^a,b   Hoglund J ^b   Waller, P J ^b   Baker, R L ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Haemonchus contortus; Kenya; Medicinal plants; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANANAS COMOSUS EXTRACT; ANNONA SQUAMOSA EXTRACT; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; DODONEA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; HAGENIA ABYSSINICA EXTRACT; HIDEBRANDTIA SEPALOSA EXTRACT; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; NILZAN; OLEA EUROPAEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANANAS COMOSUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANNONA SQUAMOSA; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DODONEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HAGENIA ABYSSINICA; HILDEBRANDTIA SEPALOSA; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OLIVE TREE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WORM;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BODY WEIGHT; FECES; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; KENYA; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANANAS COMOSUS; ANIMALIA; ANNONA; ANNONA SQUAMOSA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HAGENIA ABYSSINICA; OLEA EUROPAEA; OVIS ARIES; VERMES;

EID: 4344661341     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004005566     Document Type: Article

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