Practice Name:

Swallowing of Iron by Animals

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

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Narjibhai Hirabhai Pargi
City / District	Dahod
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Dahod
Address	Mu. Sarami , Santarampur , Dahod , Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	389172

PAS_1	Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences Evaluation of Elemental Profile of Tecomella undulata (Seem): An Endangered Medicinal Plant. - https://www.rjpbcs.com/pdf/2013_4(4)/[63].pdf
PAS_2
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	At the injection site, the skin may be discolored and edema may occur. Subacute toxicosis, such as that occurring after oral ingestion, can be grouped into four phases. During the first phase, signs develop up to 6 hours after exposure2 and include bloody vomiting and diarrhea caused by GI hemorrhage.
Disease Description
Disease Control	If an animal has ingested >20 mg/kg of elemental iron, GI decontamination through induced vomiting with 3% hydrogen peroxide or apomorphine should be considered up to 1 to 2 hours after ingestion, unless the animal is already vomiting. Activated charcoal is not indicated because it does not bind well to iron.
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use	If an animal accidentally swallows iron pieces like nails or wire with fodder, this would irritate or create problems in its digestive system. Naranbhai Pargi of Dahod district, Gujarat, cures such an animal in the folloing way: He pounds 500 gram internal bark of rohida tree (Tecomella undulata) and soaks it in 500 gram water. After some time, he filters the solution and administers it to the animal in one dose. He continues the same treatment for three to four days. This enables the animal to expel the ingested iron item with dung.
Etiology Causative Agent
Global Context	Spread world wide
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000003037
Reference	Dahod/99/9
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1252
Reference	Dahod/99/9
Scout	HBN