Documentation of ethnoveterinary practices used for treatment of different ailments in a selected hilly area of Pakistan

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-358

  Sindhu, Zia Ud Din ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Khan, Muhammad Nisar ^a   Jonsson, N N ^b   Siddique, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Documentation; Ethnoveterinary; Livestock; Mansehra; Plant

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIACEAE; APIALES; ASTERACEAE; BRASSICACEAE; IXODIDA; PHTHIRAPTERA; PINACEAE; POACEAE; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 77953577258     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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