Ethno-veterinary control of parasites, management and role of village chickens in rural households of Centane district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1685-1693

  Mwale, M ^a   Masika, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gastro intestinal parasites; Management; Medicinal plants; Rural farmers; Village chickens

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; ECONOMICS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHICKENS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POULTRY DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 75349107783     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9366-z     Document Type: Article

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