Prevalence of Haemonchus worms in sheep at Assiut Governorate, and preliminary evaluation of the anthelmentic activity of ferula hermonis extracts against their different stages [electronic resource].

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In a survey on Heamonchus infection in sheep at Assiut Governorate, the overall infection rate was 18% out of 150 living animals that diagnosed by faecal samples examination and 49.06 % out of 53 slaughtered sheep 206 that diagnosed by abomusum examination. In adult sheep the infection rate was 30 %, while Heamonchus eggs were not detected in lambs. Two species of Heamonchus were detected in the present work: H contortus and H placei. The morphological characters of each species were described. The second part of the present study was carried out to evaluate in-vitro the anthelmintic effect of different extracts of Ferula hermonis. The obtained results showed that all extracts of F. hermonis have variable degree of anthelmintic action against both adult worms of Haemonchus and their 3rd stage larvae in- vitro. Ethyl acetate extract of F. hermonis at 5 mg / ml and 2.5 mg / ml has the greatest inhibitory action against both adult worms and 3rd stage larvae of Haemonchus. Our present investigation is the first study to evaluate the anthelmintic activity of different extracts of Ferula hermonis against Haemonchus.

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