Neem tree and all its parts find applications in animal medicine and
maintaining animal health. It has been used to cure large number of
animal ailments like:
- Skin Infections
- Internal infections
- External injuries
In the modern veterinary medicinal system, neem extracts are used
to cure worms and ulcers in animals. It is a useful plant in animal
health, ecology and production. A large number of drugs and formulations
have been developed after systematic studies.
Properties of Neem Used in Veterinary Medicine
- Anti viral
- Anti bacterial
- Anti fungal
- Anti diabetic
- Anti periodic
- Astringent
Parts of Neem Used in Maintaining Animal Health
Leaves : Compounds like nimbin, nimbinene, nimbolide
help in digestion of food. It also helps to cure ulcers.; it also finds
use in medicines that prevent blood clotting.
Fruits : It is used to treat cutaneous diseases in
animals; the neem fruit is also used as a tonic,purgative, anthelmintic
and antiperiodic.
Seeds and Kernel : The oil from neem seeds and kernels
is reported to have antifertility property. It also acts an
antihyperglycaemic agent in animals.
Sap : Used to manufacture medicines for treating and
curing skin diseases, it is also used as a tonic for curing general
weakness.
Gum : The brown coloured gum is used to cure
intestinal infections.