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Artemisia, a Promising Tool for Integrated Parasite Control

Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
The genus Artemisia, belonging to the family Asteraceae, comprises nearly 500 species with various pharmacological properties, such as antimalarial, antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, nematocidal, and cesticidal activities. Gastrointestinal parasites pose a significant health concern in animals, resulting in substantial financial losses due to the
Sharon Elizabeth Cruz-Estupiñan, Rosa Isabel Higuera-Piedrahita, Diana María Bulla-Castañeda, Javier Antonio Ballesteros-Ricaurte, Martin Orlando Pulido-Medellin, Satabdi Datta Choudhury   +5 more
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Diospyros lycioides Desf.: Review of its botany, medicinal uses, pharmacological activities and phytochemistry

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2018
Diospyros lycioides Desf. (D. lycioides) is traditionally used as herbal medicine against various human and animal ailments in tropical Africa. The present paper reviewed information on botany, medicinal uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological ...
Alfred Maroyi
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Can garlic prevent, repel or kill fleas that infest dogs?

Veterinary Evidence, 2020
PICO question In dogs, is oral or topical administration of garlic, compared to no treatment, efficacious at preventing or reducing parasitism by fleas?
Louise Anne Buckley
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Feed plants, ethnoveterinary medicine, and biocultural values: insights on the Luchuan pig from Hakka communities in China. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2023
Liufu Y, Zhou J, Fu Q, Shao M, Xie Y, Luo B.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Aqueous extracts of Moringa oleifera and Carica papaya moderately reduce gastrointestinal helminth burden in sheep under field conditions in Ghana

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionGastrointestinal helminth infections remain a major constraint to small ruminant production in tropical regions, and increasing reports of reduced anthelmintic efficacy are raising concerns for sustainable parasite control.
Prince Kyere Dwaah, Prince Kyere Dwaah, Nana Yaa Awua-Boateng, Sylvia Afriyie Squire, Sylvia Afriyie Squire, Issah Bagulo, Denis Dekugmen Yar, Helen Djang-Fordjour, Helena Agyei Lartey   +8 more
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African smallholder farmers and the treatment of livestock diseases using ethnoveterinary medicine: A commentary. [PDF]

Pastoralism, 2022
Nwafor IC, Nwafor CU.
europepmc   +1 more source

Relics and Historical Uses of Human Zootherapeutic Products in Contemporary Spanish Ethnoveterinary Medicine. [PDF]

Vet Sci, 2021
González JA, Vallejo JR.
europepmc   +1 more source

Grasses in African ethnoveterinary medicine: Review of their ethnopharmacological properties

Veterinary Research Notes
Ethnoveterinary practices play an important role in animal health care systems in developing countries. Plant species belonging to the grass or Poaceae family are widely used as ethnoveterinary medicines (EVMs). The present study was aimed at documenting
Alfred Maroyi
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Antibacterial activity of aqueous and methanol extracts of selected species used in livestock health management

Pharmaceutical Biology, 2017
Context: Salvadora persica L. (Salvadoraceae), Colophospermum mopane (J.Kirk ex Benth.) J. Léonard (Leguminosae) and Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.
Clarice P. Mudzengi, Amon Murwira, Musa Tivapasi, Chrispen Murungweni, Joan V. Burumu, Tinyiko Halimani   +5 more
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Medicinal plants for helminth parasite control: facts and fiction

Animal, 2007
The use of medicinal plants for the prevention and treatment of gastro-intestinal parasitism has its origin in ethnoveterinary medicine. Although until recently the majority of the evidence on the antiparasitic activity of medicinal plants was anecdotal ...
S. Athanasiadou, J. Githiori, I. Kyriazakis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source