Practice Name:

Bloat

Affected Animal	Cattle
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Affected Animal (Vernacular)
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Bloat
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Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Kalubhai Devabhai Bharwad
City / District	Ahmedabad
KVK District	KrishiVigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Arnej – 382 230. Tel:02714-242028
Address	Zamp, Ta. Sanand, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Cattle owner
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	382110

PAS_1	"...the potential use of folk plants as prominent alternative medicine for cattle to cure various diseases in the Shervaroy Hills of the Eastern Ghats." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2225411014000273
PAS_2	"..traditional usage of ethnomedicinal plants in humans and animals of Kangra and Chamba districts of Himachal Pradesh in North-Western Himalaya, India"https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Meenakshi_Thakur8/publication/304144367_Observations_on_traditional_usage_of_ethnomedicinal_plants_in_humans_and_animals_of_Kangra_and_Chamba_districts_of_Himachal_Pradesh_in_North-Western_Himalaya_India/links/5c9b155692851cf0ae9a04a1/Observations-on-traditional-usage-of-ethnomedicinal-plants-in-humans-and-animals-of-Kangra-and-Chamba-districts-of-Himachal-Pradesh-in-North-Western-Himalaya-India.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone	Western plain, kachchh and part of kathiawar peninsula, hot arid eco-region (2.3) ,Coastal Plains and Hills (XIII),Bhal and Coastal area (GJ-8) 14.26% North Gujarat ( GJ-4) 19.87% North west zone (GJ-5) 36.38 North Saurashtra (GJ-6) 29.49
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description	Ruminal tympany, also known as bloat, is a disease of ruminant animals, characterized by an excessive volume of gas in the rumen. Ruminal tympany may be primary, known as frothy bloat, or secondary, known as free-gas bloat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruminal_tympany
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Procedure of Use	Chilli powder is diluted in water and given to the animal to drink which makes it defecate thus reducing the swelling in the abdomen due to bloat. Kid's urine is also used for the similar purpose.
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Practice ID	DTP0010000000046
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1349
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN