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In vitro and In vivo Anthelmintic Activity of Nicotiana tabacum against Haemonchus placei in Cattle
 
Ali Haider1, Kashif Hussain1, Mohammed M. Mares2, Asghar Abbas*1, Muhammad Mohsin3, Atif Rehman1, Ume Habiba Firdous4, Muhammad Asif Raza1
 

1Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture (MNSUA), 66000, Multan, Pakistan; 2Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 3Department of Pharmacology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China; 4Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture (MNSUA), 66000, Multan, Pakistan
*Corresponding author: asghar.abbas@mnsuam.edu.pk; kashif.hussain@mnsuam.edu.pk

Abstract   

In current study, anti-parasitic properties of Nicotiana tabacum  leaves (N. tabacum L.) and their traditional use in ethno-veterinary therapy were investigated using both in-vitro and in-vivo approaches. Crude aqueous extracts (CAE) of N. tabacum L. were used to evaluate in-vitro antiparasitic effect of Haemonchus (H.) placei that had been directly retrieved from the abomasum of cows. The nematodes' death or paralysis within three hours subsequent to being exposed to different quantities 25, 50 and 100 mg/ml of CAE proved to be statistically significant (P<0.05) indicator. Cattle infected with gastrointestinal nematodes, specifically H. placei, were orally administered with crude aqueous extracts (CAE) and crude methanolic extracts (CME) at gradually higher dosage of 1.0 and 3.0 gm/kg, respectively to evaluate in-vivo anthelmintic efficiency. When administered with 3.0 gm/kg of the body weight, CME showed an ideal decrease of 75.8 and 79.03% parasitic infection but CAE showed 48.88 and 51.11% reduction after 5 and 10 days of treatment, respectively (P<0.05). The overall reduction in eggs per gram was 98.68% in positive controls treated with levamisole HCl. Being an initial investigation of its kind in Pakistan, the outcomes suggested that N. tabacum L. have potential to be used as anti-parasitic agent in ethno-veterinary medication.

To Cite This Article: Haider A, Hussain K, Mares MM, Abbas A, Mohsin M, Rehman A, Firdous UH, Raza1 MA, 2024. In vitro and in vivo anthelmintic activity of Nicotiana tabacum  against Haemonchus placei in cattle. Pak Vet J, 44(3): 745-750. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2024.245

 
   
 

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