Medicinal plants used in British Columbia, Canada for reproductive health in pets

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 268-273

  Lans, Cheryl ^a   Turner, Nancy ^b   Brauer, Gerhard ^b   Khan, Tonya ^a  

^a School of Environmental Studies ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Ethnoveterinary medicine; Pets; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LACTATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PREGNANCY; UTERUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LACTATION; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREGNANCY; UTERINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CIMICIFUGA DAHURICA; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; HYDRASTIS; HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS; LEONURUS; LEONURUS CARDIACA; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; RUBUS GLAUCUS; RUBUS IDAEUS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 67349196428     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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