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| Name |
Laxmiben Behera |
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Puri |
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| State |
Orissa |
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Practice |
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| Title |
Kandhia as dewormer |
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| Abstract |
The plant is employed as a vermifuge for its property of removing worms from the body. (James, A. D. and Judith L.C.; (1993); CRC Handbook of
Alternative Cash Crops). Also see HB 11(3):6, 2000, 16(2):15, 2005, 17(3):15, 2006. |
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In villages of Puri, Angul and Kalahandi districts, a citrus fruit locally known as kandhia (Citrus aurantium L.) is generally taken with food. But Laxmiben, 49, uses it for de-worming in cattle. She extracts juice of three to four fresh leaves of the plant, adds a pinch of salt to it and gives 150 ml of the juice to the animal. This cleans the stomach of worms and also subsides colic pain. She has dewormed more than 20 calves successfully using this practice.
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| Volume No. |
Honey bee 20(3), 22,2009 |
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| Call Number |
20307 |
