| 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 |
Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7) |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
Othabhai Bhabhabhai Kamalia of the Bhavnagar district in Gujarat feeds animals a specially prepared Chapati(unleavened native bread) to treat diarrhoea. Kamalia crushes three to four leaves of dhatura or Thornapple (Datura metel) and mixes with pearl millet flour. He prepares Chapatifrom it and feeds to the animal for two days in the morning and evening.
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The Thornapple is 60 to 90 centimetres high plant. Its flowers may be white, whitish pink or violet. Among these, the white flower bearing plant is very rare and is held sacred and used to venerate God. Its fruit has a neurotoxic effect. The plant is perennial and grows in the plains as well as hilly regions. Almost every other farmer is aware of this use of the plant. |
| 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 |
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| Other Medications / Treatments |
"Cauces and treatments of Diaarrhoea"https://www.slideshare.net/growelagrovet/causes-treatment-of-diarrhoea-in-cattle |
| Limitations of Approaches |
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| Other Community Practices |
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| Practice ID |
KNW0010000000993 |
| Reference |
HBN database |
| Annotation ID |
GIAN/GAVL/1320 |
| Reference |
HBN database |
| Scout |
HBN |
Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)