DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2018.v06i07.008

Pages: 523-533

Helminthiasis is one of the most important diseases worldwide that cause high production losses in livestock. The disease is prevalent all over the world especially in developing countries, associated with poor management practices, lack of access to conventional anthelmintic drugs as a control or curative strategy, and greatly hampered by drug resistance exhibited by parasites. Farmers therefore resort to traditional medicinal plants for helminthiases treatment, which lack information on their effectiveness, toxicity levels, dosages, and safety. The current study aimed to determine anthelmintic potentials of methanolic and crude water extracts of six selected medicinal plants: Leucas calostachys, Olinia rochetiana, Vepris simplicifolia, Olea capensis, Jasminum floribundum, and Asplenium aethiopicum, used in the traditional management and treatment of sheep helminthiases in Koibatek and Mogotio sub counties, Baringo County, Kenya. The findings indicated positive results from both methanolic and water extracts from the six selected medicinal plants.