Anthelmintic activity of Ziziphus nummularia (bark) and Acacia nilotica (fruit) against Trichostrongylid nematodes of sheep

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-329

  Bachaya, Hafiz Allah ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Khan, Muhammad Nisar ^a   Sindhu, Zia ud Din ^a   Jabbar, Abdul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia nilotica; Anthelmintic; Sheep; Trichostrongylid nematodes; Ziziphus numularia

Indexed keywords

ACACIA NILOTICA EXTRACT; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIZIPHUS NUMMULARIA EXTRACT;

ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HATCHING; IN VITRO STUDY; JUJUBE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; TRICHOSTRONGYLID; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WORM; ZIZIPHUS NUMMULARIA;

ACACIA; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRUIT; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PAKISTAN; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; ZIZIPHUS;

ACACIA NILOTICA; FABACEAE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; RHAMNACEAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS NUMMULARIA;

EID: 67349139901     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.02.043     Document Type: Article

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