Practice Name:

Cattle Treatment - Udder Swelling

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Udder swelling (Udder edema)
Disease Attak Stage	At old age
Disease Common Name
Disease Group	Reproductive system
Disease Distribution	It has worldwide occurrence.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Becharbhai Samalbhai Devaganiya
City / District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Hadida, Savarkundla, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364001

PAS_1	cooking oil (200 ml), turmeric powder (one handful) and garlic (2 bulbs). Add turmeric powder and sliced garlic to the oil and mix well. Keep the mixture cool. After cooling apply the formulation in a circular motion with force. Apply the formulation over the entire udder. Apply 4 times a day for 3 days will cure the problem in cattle. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2-WjI8Oghg)
PAS_2
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	Gradual congestion of skin of udder. udder becomes grately distended, swollen and filled with fluid. udder skin becomes thick.
Disease Description	Udder edema is generally a periparturient disorder characterized by excessive accumulation of fluids in the intercellular tissue spaces of the mammary gland. Incidence and severity are greater in pregnant heifers than in cows (Erb and Grohn, 1988). Udder edema can be a major discomfort to the buffalo and cow and causes management problems such as diffi culty with milking, increased risk for teat and udder injuries, and mastitis, and may also reduce milk production.
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions	Maintain health of animal
Procedure of Use	Farmer Becharbhai Samalbhai Devaganiya treat cattle with udder sweeling. To cute this udder swelling problem in cattle, he takes a bowl full of neem leaves, and the small branches of shrubs and then burn it to have smoke. Add 50 gram turmeric. Bowl should place below the udder. Smoke should reach the udder for half an hour. After this, ant-hill mud should be applied on it. Everyday once applies, then the swelling will be mitigated.
Etiology Causative Agent	disorder caused by excessive accumulation of fluids in the intercellular tissue spaces of the mammary gland.
Global Context
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments	Surgical management of udder
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP00100000001413
Reference	Bhavnagar-94/23
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1421
Reference	Bhavnagar-94/23
Scout	HBN