Practice Name:

Cure for Diarrhoea in Animal


Affected Animal Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name) Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy) Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular) Gai, Gau
Category Veterinary Care
Disease Diarrhoea
Disease Attak Stage Diarrhoea is a common complaint in youne calves (particularly in the first few months of life)
Disease Common Name
Disease Group digestive system
Disease Distribution

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Ramjibhai Vechatbhai Kharadi
City / District Dahod
KVK District Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Dahod
Address Mu. Malifaliyu, Santrampur, Dahod, Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 389151

PAS_1 "Farmer Baria Haribhai Rumalbhai of district Panchamahal treat diarrhoea in animal. He using `dedhumari' (Ficus hispida). Roots of `dedhumari' (Ficus hispida) are crushed after washing, soaked in water for an hour and filtered through cloth. Between 100 and 200 g of the filtrate is administered to the animal. This treatment begins to take effect in a day and a coplete cure is effected in about 2-3 days (Honey Bee,4(2&3):22,1993)".
PAS_2 "Farmer Lakhabhai Becharbhai Khatana treat cattle having diarrhoea. For treating this condition, the respondent pounds "sudiya" vine and then administers 200 to 250 g of extracted juice by drench-pipe to the animal. The animal is relieved of diarrhoea if the medicine is drenched twice a day for two days. "
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Madhya Bharat plateau Western Malwa plateau, Eastern Gujarat plain, Vindhyan and Satpura range and Narmada Valley hot, moist semi-arid eco-subregion (5.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) , Agro-Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Zone (GJ-3)
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
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 Diarrhoea in animals can be cured with the help of a root extract of aibika (Abelmoschus manihot) plant. To prepare this extract, 100 gram roots of aibika plant are crushed. Add 100 millilitre water to the extract. Drench 100 millilitre solution in the morning and another 100 millilitre in the evening. Two doses of this medicine can cure diarrhoea in animals.
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 diarrhoea in calves spreads worldwide. It is more common in young animals than adult animals.
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments Norfloxacin and Tinidazole is found to be most effective treatment in bacterial and protozoal diarrhoea.
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID DTP0010000003136
Reference Dahod/2000/2
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1449
Reference Dahod/2000/2
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