1Department of Zoology, A.N.D. College, Kanpur Nagar.
2Deparment of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, C.S.A. University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur - 208002 (U.P.).
Filix-mas a homeopathic drug consisting etherieal extract of male fern is used to remove the tape worms. The drug was tested for Moniezia expensa infection in sheep. Ten sheep naturally affected Moniezia expansa were used. Filix-mas 200 (10 – 15 drops) was given three times a day orally to animals of the group A, while the sheep group B were kept as untreated control. Efficacy of the drug was observed by calculating faecal egg count reduction. It was found that Filix-mas could cure 100% monieziosis in sheep.
Filix-mas, Moniezia expansa, Sheep
