An evaluation of the antimicrobial activities of Aloe barbadensis, A. chabaudii and A. arborescens leaf extracts used in folklore veterinary medicine in Zimbabwe

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 9, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2918-2923

  Mbanga, Joshua ^a   Mangoma, Ngonidzashe ^a   Saidi, Bamusi ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

^b Diagnostics and Research Branch   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Aloe sap; Antimicrobial activity; Ethno veterinary medicine; Extract; Microbes; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649858124     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/javaa.2010.2918.2923     Document Type: Article

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