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Long-term effects of drenches with condensed tannins from Acacia mearnsii on goats naturally infected with gastrointestinal nematodes.
Veterinary parasitology - 15 Oct 2014
Costa-Júnior Livio M, Costa Jailson S, Lôbo Ítala C P D, Soares Alexandra M S, Abdala Adibe L, Chaves Daniel P, Batista Zulmira S, Louvandini Helder
Abstract excerpt
In this study, the long-term effects of exposure to a drench containing condensed tannins (CTs) from Acacia mearnsii on gastrointestinal nematodes in goats were investigated. Male cross-bred Anglo-Nubian goat kids between 3 and 5 months of age were dewormed at the beginning of the experiment. The goat kids were divided into one group that received weekly 24 g oral doses of A. mearnsii bark extract dissolved in...
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