Observations on Snake Repellent Property of Some Plant Extracts

  • D.M. Renapurkar Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute , Bombay.
  • T.G. Tare Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute , Bombay.
  • N.K. Sutar Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute , Bombay.
  • P.B. Deshmukh Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute , Bombay.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.41.4413
Keywords: Acorus calamus, Snake repellent

Abstract

The repellent property of certain plant extracts and oils against snakes has been investigated. For this purpose 15 hexane extracts of plants and 11 oils were tested in the laboratory in a specially designed cage. Out of the materials tested. Across calamus extract and pine oil were found to exhibit excellent snake repellent property.

Author Biographies

D.M. Renapurkar, Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute , Bombay.
Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute , Bombay.
T.G. Tare, Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute , Bombay.
Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute , Bombay.
N.K. Sutar, Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute , Bombay.
Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute , Bombay.
P.B. Deshmukh, Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute , Bombay.
Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute , Bombay.
Published
2013-01-01
How to Cite
Renapurkar, D., Tare, T., Sutar, N., & Deshmukh, P. (2013). Observations on Snake Repellent Property of Some Plant Extracts. Defence Science Journal, 41(1), 79-85. https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.41.4413
Issue
Vol 41 No 1
Section
Biomedical Sciences
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