Practice Name:

Cure for Cough and Asthma in Animals

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Cough and asthama
Disease Attak Stage	At any stage virus may attacks the animal.
Disease Common Name	Asthama
Disease Group
Disease Distribution

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Ayyathurai Konar
City / District	Madurai
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra , Agricultural College and Research Institute,TNAU, Madurai -625001
Address	Madurai ,Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken	Tamil
Vocation	Farmer
State	Tamil Nadu
PIN Code	625001

PAS_1	"Respiratory diseases and allergy in farmers working with livestock: a EAACI position paper."https://ctajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13601-020-00334-x
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Tamil Nadu uplands and leeward flanks of south Sahyadris, hot, dry semi-arid eco-subregion (8.1)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description	The disease in pastured animals has been called fog fever, lung fever, bovine asthma, acute alveolar emphysema and atypical interstitial pneumonia. Affected cattle are often called “lungers” or “panters.
Disease Control
Disease Prevention	Ranchers can usually avoid the problem by not putting cattle into lush, green pasture directly from dry range or dry pastures. A transitional period in a not-so-green pasture, or feeding hay, will usually prevent occurrences.
Precautions
Procedure of Use	Ayyathurai Konar of the Kottamalai Athur village in Krishnapuram taluka of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu prepares a special pellet to cure cough and asthma in animals.Konar pounds the fruits of Kallathikai or fig (Ficus tinctoria), seeragamor cumin seed(Cuminum cyminum) and garlic together and makes into small balls. These are administered to the animals in the morning for three days to relieve cough and asthma diseases.
Etiology Causative Agent	nutritional respiratory disease caused by the ingestion of the amino acid L-tryptophan from lush grass or mouldy sweet potatoes, and the consequent production of the pneumo-toxin 3-methylindole by rumen bacteria. Signs: acute respiratory distress.
Global Context	"Do farming exposures cause or prevent asthma? Results from a study of adult Norwegian farmers ."https://thorax.bmj.com/content/59/5/381
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments
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Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0010000000774
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1298
Reference	HBN database
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