Practice Name:

Fat in Milk


Affected Animal Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name) Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy) Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular) Gai, Gau
Category Veterinary Care
Disease
Disease Attak Stage At any stage
Disease Common Name
Disease Group
Disease Distribution It has worldwide occurrence.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Chaturiben Prakashbhai Makwana
City / District Dahod
KVK District Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Dahod
Address Gunamuvadi , Limkheda , Dahod , Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 389140

PAS_1 Factors Affecting the Composition of Milk from Dairy Cows - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK218193/
PAS_2 Increased Milk and Milk Fat Production Following the Feeding of Artificially Formed Thyroprotein (Thyrolactin) - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030242953074
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Madhya Bharat plateau Western Malwa plateau, Eastern Gujarat plain, Vindhyan and Satpura range and Narmada Valley hot, moist semi-arid eco-subregion (5.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) , Agro-Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Zone (GJ-3)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use To increase fat per cent in milk of animal, feed with 500 g "dodi" cake, 500 g cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) cake, maize (Zea mays), black gram (Vigna radiata) or other grains in the morning as well as in evening hours for seven days. Use this practice continuously for seven days and the fat content in milk is increased to 1.5 times in animal. This practice is followed for the whole life to maintain the strength of animal as well as fat content in milk.
Etiology Causative Agent
Global Context Spread world wide
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID DTP0010000002942
Reference dahod-99/4
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1208
Reference dahod-99/4
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