Background: the endoparasitosis affects dairy goats in worldwide distribution. This impacts economical activity and implies eminent risk of animal looses by helminths blood depletion (Nogueira, 2010). Resistance to all therapeutic drugs is reported, parasitism elevation production costs, toxic residues milk environment, frequently monitoring ocular mucosa healthy status (Cavalcanti, 2007; Silva...

The stem and root barks, leaves and seeds of Millettia pachycarpa Benth. are used for various medicinal purposes in Chinese and Mizo traditional practices. The plant extract reportedly showed potent vermicidal activity on cestodes. The ethanol extract of the root bark was tested against the poultry nematode, Heterakis gallinarum Schrank. In vitro treatment at 37±1°C revealed that a serial dose ...

a rticles in previous and current issues of the Journal represent a rational attempt to side-step expensive and time-consuming animal testing procedures required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by substituting bacterial tier testing in their place. Th e goal is to reduce, where possible, the required animal testing if th...

The effect of Levamisole was studied in an animal model of Wilms’ tumor. No tumoridical effect of Levamisole could be documented in this tumor model, and no effect was shown on prevention of tumor, when Levamisole was given before tumor implantation. In previous experience with Wilms’ tumor model, a good correlation between the human and animal tumor was found in regard to treatment with differ...

Lemon grass a popular aromatic plant which is commonly used as a substitute of green tea has a tremendous phytomedicinal potential. Like other tea plants it also having antimicrobial as well as antiprotozoal potential. Main objective of the present study was to find out the anthelmintic potential of aqueous extract of Cymbopogon citratus (lemon grass) by using a model worm i.e. Pheretima posthu...

Most conjunctival disorders are self-limiting and seldom affect vision, but some may lead to blindness, if left untreated. The available treatment options have some drawbacks, which limit their use in clinical practice. Though mild or moderate cases of infectious conjunctivitis are treated with topical antimicrobials, viral conjunctivitis remains a major problem in clinical practice and the tre...