The toxicity and repellent properties of plant extracts used in ethnoveterinary medicine to control ticks

Six plant species (Aloe ferox, Aloe marlothii, Clerodendrum glabrum, Jatropha curcas, Ricinus communis and Strychnos madagascariensis) used by communities in the northern parts of South Africa to control ticks on livestock were selected from the database of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute. Th...

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Main Author: Mawela, Kedibone Gloria
Other Authors: Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas
Published: University of Pretoria 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29224
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02162009-151403/