EVALUATION OF ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY OF LAGENARIA SICERARIA (MOLINA) STANDL AND ALBIZIA LEBBECK L. AGAINST GASTROINTESTINAL HELMINTHS OF SHEEP | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Sheep and Goats Sciences | ||||
Article 31, Volume 5, Issue 1, April 2010, Page 1-16 PDF (245.65 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejsgs.2010.27383 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
M. N. Khan1; A. Hussain2; Z. Iqbal1; M. K. khan3; M. S. Sajid1 | ||||
1Department of Parasitology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan. | ||||
2Veterinary Officer (Health), District Sheikhupura, Livestock and Dairy Development Department, Punjab, Pakistan. | ||||
3Department of Parasit ology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
ABSTRACT The present study was designed to determine in vitro and in vivo anthelmintic activity of Lagenaria (L.) siceraria and Albizia (A.) lebbeck against gastrointestinal helminths of sheep. In vitro anthelmintic activity of crude aqueous methanolic extract (CAME) of both plants was evaluated against Haemonchus (H.) contortus and their eggs through adult motility assay (AMA) and egg hatch test (EHT), respectively. In vivo anthelmintic activity of different concentrations (1.0-8.0g/kg-1) of crude powder (CP) and CAME of both plants was determined using faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT) in sheep naturally infected with gastrointestinal helminths. CAME of both plants exhibited strong in vitro anthelmintic activity and distinct inhibitory effects on hatching of H. contortus eggs as determined through AMA and EHT. In AMA, the efficacy of A. lebbeck (3.75 μg/ mL-1) was higher (P≤0.05) as compared to L. siceraria (4.21 μg/mL-1), while in EHT, L. siceraria (2.53 μg/mL-1) was found more potent (P≤0.05) than A. lebbeck (2.75 μg/mL-1). However, in vivo, maximum reduction in egg per gram of faeces was observed as 46.7% and 45.9% with CP and CAME of L. siceraria and as 39.0% and 47% with those of A. lebbeck at 8g/ kg-1 on 15 days post-treatment, respectively. The present data may indicate that L. siceraria and A. lebbeck contain strong anthelmintic agent that act either in vivo or in vitro which may justify their traditional use as ethnoveterinary medicine. | ||||
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