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Inducing Heat in Cows

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
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Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Shantharam Siddi
City / District	Kheda
KVK District	KrishiVignan Kendra, Gujarat Vidyapith, Dethli, District:- Kheda Phone No.02694-291252, e-mail:kvkkheda@gmail.com
Address	Kheda ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	387001

PAS_1	"To induce heat in such an animal, Dudabhai Koradia from Bhavnagar district feeds the animal with the leaves of ‘bili’ (Aegle marmelos). Approximately one kg of leaves are fed over 6-7 days to animal. Animal comes into heat within 20-25 days of the treatment ( Honey Bee, 7(3):17, 1996)."
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Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco-Region (5.2) , Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and hill region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Agro Climatic zone(GJ-3), North Gujarat Zone GJ-7
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Procedure of Use	Shantharam Siddi from the Uttar Kannada district in Karnataka induces heat in cows with the help of sprouts. Siddi feeds such cows with sprouts munduga (valindivu). One kilogramme of the sprouts fed every day is enough to bring a cow into heat early.
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Practice ID	KNW0010000000754
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1295
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN