Practice Name:

Treatment for Bloat in Animlals


Affected Animal Various
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Category Veterinary Care
Disease Bloat
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Innovator / Knowledge Provider Malabhai Melabhai Desai
City / District Surendranagar
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address PO. Jenabad, Ta. Dasada, Surendranagar, Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 382750

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 Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3),Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII) ,North West Zone (GJ-5) North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
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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Precautions
Procedure of Use Dust from the road is collected and massaged on the tongue and upper palate of the animal for one hour.
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Practice ID DTP0010000000161
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1381
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