Appraisal of ethno-veterinary practices used for different ailments in dairy animals in peri-urban areas of Faisalabad (Pakistan)

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 535-541

  Deeba, Farrah ^a   Muhammad, Ghulam ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Hussain, Iftikhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dairy animals; Ethno veterinary practices; Faisalabad; Survey

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; AMMI VISNAGA; AMOMUM; AMOMUM SUBULATUM; ANIMALIA; APIACEAE; APIALES; BOVINAE; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; BRASSICACEAE; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; ERUCA SATIVA; FOENICULUM VULGARE; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PIPER NIGRUM; PIPERACEAE; POACEAE; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI; WITHANIA; WITHANIA COAGULANS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 76149133105     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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