An ethnoveterinary survey of medicinal plants used by folk medicinal practitioners to treat cattle diseases in randomly selected areas of Bagerhat district, Bangladesh

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 386-396

  Rahmatullah, Mohammed ^a   Mollik, Md Ariful Haque ^a   Alam, Md Jobaer ^a   Ahmmed, Bulbul ^a   Jahan, Farhana Israt ^a   Sintaha, Mariz ^a   Khaleque, Himel Nahreen ^a   Chowdhury, Majeedul H ^b   Noor, Farjana Akther ^a   Rahman, Shahnaz ^a   Jahan, Rownak ^a   Seraj, Syeda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE   (Bangladesh)

^b NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bagerhat district; Bangladesh; Ethnoveterinary; Folk medicine; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ACANTHACEAE; ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOS; BUBALUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; COMBRETACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHTHIRAPTERA; SOLANACEAE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 79960457356     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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