An in-vivo study of the efficacy and safety of ethno-veterinary remedies used to control cattle ticks by rural farmers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1569-1576

  Moyo, B ^a   Masika, P J ^a   Dube, S ^a   Maphosa, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acaricides; Alternative remedies; Medicinal plants; Tick control; Used engine oil

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; FUEL OIL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ALOE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EVALUATION; INSECT CONTROL; LANTANA; MARIGOLD; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; RUTACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TICK INFESTATION;

ALOE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISINFECTANTS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FUEL OILS; LANTANA; LINEAR MODELS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RUTACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA; TAGETES; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ALOE; ALOE FEROX; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA; PTAEROXYLON OBLIQUUM; RATTUS; TAGETES MINUTA;

EID: 70350297727     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9348-1     Document Type: Article

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