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Research Article

Ethnoveterinary uses of medicinal plants: A survey of plants used in the ethnoveterinary control of gastro-intestinal parasites of goats in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

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Pages 697-702 | Received 01 Dec 2008, Accepted 22 Apr 2009, Published online: 06 May 2010

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