Use of medicinal plants to control Haemonchus contortus infection in small ruminants

Veterinary World

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 515-518

  Qadir, Sawleha ^a   Dixit, A K ^a   Dixit, Pooja ^a  

^a Anjora   (India)

Author keywords

Control; Ethnoveterinary; Gastro intestinal parasitism; Haemonchus contortus; Herbal antiparasitic; Medicinal plants; Small ruminants

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051917363     PISSN: 09728988     EISSN: 22310916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5455/vetworld.2010.515-518     Document Type: Article

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