Practice Name:

Boils in Wound of Animal

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Boils in wound
Disease Attak Stage	At any age
Disease Common Name
Disease Group
Disease Distribution	It has worldwide occurrence.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Harjibhai Jorjibhai Taviyad
City / District	Dahod
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Dahod
Address	Dahod, Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	389151

PAS_1	" Women farmer Rudiben Keshubhai Patel of Bhavnagar district treat wound in animal. Leather of discarded shoes, one-half of a coconut (the white inside part), and a small quantity of tar are burned together. A paste of the ash is prepared by adding water and applied to the septic wound. This treatment helps in healing and in keeping away flies and other insects ( Honey Bee, 4(1):15, 1993)."
PAS_2
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	Boils can occur anywhere.A painful, red bump that starts out small and can enlarge to moe than 2 inches, red and swollen skin around the bump, An increase in the size of the bump over a few days as it fills with pus, development of a yellow-white tip that eventually ruptures and allows the pus to drain out.
Disease Description	A boil, also called a furuncle, begins as a painful infection of a single hair follicle. Boils can grow to be larger than a golf ball and they commonly occur on the buttock, face, neck, armfits and groin
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions	Maintain clineliness in herd
Procedure of Use	To prevent it, bark of green bamboo (Bambusa arundinacea) is crushed and the powder is then applied on the boils. Cover the wound with the same bark and then tie the bandage. This cure boils as well as wound in animals.
Etiology Causative Agent	Mostly caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria
Global Context
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments	Antibiotics
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000003156
Reference	dahod/2000/2
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1457
Reference	dahod/2000/2
Scout	HBN