Plants used in Ethnoveterinary Medicine by Tribals of Visakhapatnam and Vizianagarm Districts, Andhra Pradesh, India. (original) (raw)
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Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 2012
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Ethno-Veterinary Traditional Knowledge of Some Plants Used in Wardha district (Maharashtra)
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Irish Veterinary Journal, 2014
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