Preliminary study of three medicinal plants used as anthelmintic for livestock in Kibwezi and Tunyo divisions of Makueni and Marakwet district

Abstract

Three preliminarv experiments were conducted to determine the efficacy of three medicinal plants used as anthelmintics in humans and livestock ill Kibwezi and TUNYO divisions of Makueni and Marakwet district respectivelv. At double the dosage used traditionallv. powdered Albizia anthelmintica, fresh Maerua subcordata, powdered M. edulis, fresh M. edulis and fresh Albizia anthelmintica had a percentage faecal egg count reduction of 55.4,.51.4, 49.4. 16.2 and 13.5 percent respectively