Practice Name:

Diarrhoea Control in Animals


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

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Ayyathurai Konar
City / District Madurai
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra , Agricultural College and Research Institute,TNAU, Madurai -625001
Address Tirupati , Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken Tamil
Vocation Farmer
State Tamil Nadu
PIN Code 641003

PAS_1 "Diarrhoea in adult cattle."https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/beef-cattle/diarrhoea-adult-cattle
PAS_2 "Antimicrobial use in the treatment of calf diarrhea."https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14765726/
Agro Ecological Zone Tamil Nadu uplands and leeward flanks of south Sahyadris, hot, dry semi-arid eco-subregion (8.1)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs Animals with diarrhoea have certain symptoms like: Lose water and salt from their bodies, Animals become weak and thin, Loss of appetite, Lose watery feaces contains mucous and sometimes blood comes along with feaces, Loss of milk production and animals can die if treatment gets delayed
Disease Description Diarrhoea is a multifactorial disease entity that can have serious financial and animal welfare implications in dairy herds. It has been estimated that 75% of early calf mortality in dairy herds is caused by acute diarrhoea in the pre-weaning period.
Disease Control
Disease Prevention reversing dehydration by providing fluids (replacement electrolytes), meeting energy requirements (milk feeds or energy supplements), providing intestinal protectants such as kaolin, providing a warm, dry environment for the calf.
Precautions Maintain food quality in animal as well as maintain hygienic condition in herd.
Procedure of Use Ayyathurai Konar of the Kottamalai Athur village in Krishnapuram taluka of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu has developed an effective to cure diarrhoea in animals. He macerates and pounds 1 kg of the leaves of paala(Wrightia tinctoria)and gives this to the animals affected by diarrhoea.
Etiology Causative Agent Where diarrhoea is the most obvious sign, the primary causes can be thought of broadly in two different groups, nutritional and infectious. 1) Nutritional causes include: acidosis (e.g. grain overload), lush green feed, cobalt or selenium deficiency, copper deficiency or toxicity. 2) Infectious causes include: worms viruses (e.g. bovine viral diarrhoea virus), bacteria (e.g. Salmonella or Yersinia). It is important to remember that some infectious causes of diarrhoea, such as Salmonella and Yersinia, can potentially affect humans. Always practise high levels of hygiene when dealing with sick cattle.
Global Context "HOW TO STOP DIARRHEA IN CATTLE."https://animals.mom.com/how-to-stop-diarrhea-in-cattle-4492381.html
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments "Cauces and treatments of Diaarrhoea"https://www.slideshare.net/growelagrovet/causes-treatment-of-diarrhoea-in-cattle
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID KNW0010000000800
Reference HBN database
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1301
Reference HBN database
Scout HBN