Ethnoveterinary Medicinein Southern Africa

Ethnoveterinary Botanical Medicine: Herbal Medicines for Animal Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 257-288

  Maphosa, Viola ^a   Tshisikhawe, Peter ^b   Thembo, Kaizer ^c   Masika, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

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