Extracts of Calpurnia aurea leaves from southern Ethiopia attract and immobilise or kill ticks.
Extracts of Calpurnia aurea leaves from southern Ethiopia attract and immobilise or kill ticks.
A. Zorloni,B. Penzhorn,J. Eloff
2010 · DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.10.026
Veterinary parasitology · 67 Citations
TLDR
The results prove the efficacy of the traditional use of this extract and may lead to a product that can be used commercially to protect animals against tick infestation, under subsistence as well as industrialized conditions.