| sarcoptic mange infestation in pigs in a hilly region of meghalaya. | skin lesions were collected from 15 adult crossbred pigs maintained at the pig farm of icar research complex for the north-eastern hill region, umiam, a hilly region of the state of meghalaya, india. skin scrapings of these 15 animals were examined by koh digestion method. presence of mites were detected in five animals which were indistinguishable from sarcoptes scabiei var. suis. infected pigs were treated with a single dose of ivermectin at 200 ug/kg body weight, subcutaneously. no mites were ... | 2010 | 20041347 |
| in vitro anthelmintic activity of root-tuber extract of flemingia vestita, an indigenous plant in shillong, india. | the in vitro activity of root-tuber-peel extract of flemingia vestita, an indigenous plant consumed by the natives in northeast india, was tested against helminth parasites. live parasites (nematode: ascaris suum from pigs, a. lumbricoides from humans, ascaridia galli and heterakis gallinarum from domestic fowl; cestode: raillietina echinobothrida from domestic fowl; trematode: paramphistomum sp. from cattle) were collected in 0.9 % physiological buffered saline (pbs) and maintained at 37 +/- 1 ... | 1997 | 9197399 |