Practice Name:

Remedy for Afro or gastric trouble in Cattle


Affected Animal Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)
Affected Animal (Vernacular)
Category Veterinary Care
Disease Bloat
Disease Attak Stage
Disease Common Name
Disease Group
Disease Distribution

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Muliben Maganbhai Desai
City / District Ahmedabad
KVK District KrishiVigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Arnej – 382 230. Tel:02714-242028
Address Ratanpur, Ta. Viramgam, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 382455

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
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use Salt melted in fermented buttermilk has to be given to the affected animal thrice daily to compltely cure it.
Etiology Causative Agent
Global Context
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID DTP0010000000102
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1369
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