Abstract

Parasitic infections are commonly encountered in livestock reared under traditional animal husbandry system in India. The parasitic infections especially the helminths infection result in great economic losses to live stock industry due to deterioration in health and reduced production of animal. They are treated conventionally with commercially available chemical anthelmentics which have long been considered as the only effective way of controlling parasitic infection. Regular use of chemical anthelmintics develops resistance of helminths to various anthelmintics compounds which is a threat to their use in near future and thus arises a need of development of alternative approach. Herbal based anthelmintics could be the best possible alternative of these synthetic anthelmintics, Neem have proven medicinal properties, being anthelmintic, antifungal, antidiabetic, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-infertility. This article attempts to present some studies conducted for testing efficacy of Neem as anthelmintic in different livestock species

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