Practice Name:

Anoestrus in Animals


Affected Animal Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name) Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy) Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular) Gai, Gau
Category Veterinary Care
Disease Anestrus
Disease Attak Stage Adult age
Disease Common Name
Disease Group Reproductive disease
Disease Distribution It has worldwide occurrence.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Chhaganbhai Lalabhai Raval
City / District Dahod
KVK District Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Dahod
Address Mu. Karavai , Kadana , Dahod , Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 389240

PAS_1 The healers administer a part of a local herb (name withheld due to IP reasons) to animals affected with anestrus. The animal shows signs of estrus in eight days. To validate the practice, some clinical conditions (Khumaji Badaji Kataviya, 2013)
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 restlessness. drop in milk production. standing to be mounted. presence of clear mucus. swelling and reddening of vulva.
Disease Description Anestrus is considered a problem when cows are not seen in heat. Failure to observe heat and heat detection must always be ruled out as the primary problem. Review heat detection procedures and heat detection efficiency with the producer. Pregnancy can be a prominent cause of anestrus and must always be a always be a prime ruleout before anything else. Rule out true anestrus by palpating the ovaries
Disease Control A good method that can be used to get the heifers cycling 'earlier', actually does not really get them cycling earlier. What you do is breed the heifers 2-6 weeks earlier than the cows, so they will calve earlier that the cows. If they calve earlier, they will have longer that the cows to start cycling. If you have a restricted breeding seasons, the heifers will be cycling when the cows cycle. You can weigh the cows 100 days before calving. The weight 24 hours after calving should be the same as that 100 days before calving. This take into account the fetus and placenta being delivered at parturition. Obviously, this is more of a historical finding and is not a practical preventative measure. Body condition scoring at weaning This is an ideal method to ensure adequate prepartum nutrition. You use a system of body score condition when the calves are weaned. (Calves are generally weaned at about 205 days postpartum, so the cows should be about 100 days pregnant.) The scores are :1-3: emaciated, 4 borderline, 5-7 good fat 8-9 fat.
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use To cure the oestrus problem in animal, use 5 to 6 seeds of "vaysar" plant, which are mixed with the roti or fodder grass and fed to the affected animal. The animal in a week comes in an oestrus condition.
Etiology Causative Agent Failure of folicular development of ovary. A common cause of prolonged anestrus in weaned cows is insufficient energy or protein intake during lactation
Global Context anestrus Disorder in livestock animals is spread worldwide.
Lesson Implication The condition may be associated with uterine pathology such as pyometra, fetal resorption, maceration and mummification.
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Practice ID DTP0010000003044
Reference Dahod/99/9
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1255
Reference Dahod/99/9
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