Practice Name:

Indigestion in Cattle

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Indigestion
Disease Attak Stage	At any stage
Disease Common Name	Ruminal atony
Disease Group	Digestive system
Disease Distribution	It has worldwide occurrence.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Vikrambhai Vasubhai Paheliya
City / District	Panchmahal
KVK District	Krishi Vignyan Kendra,Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik. PIN 422 005
Address	Panchmahals, Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	389001

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Agro Ecological Zone	Agro-Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Ghat and coastal plain hot humid (6.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Western plateau and hills region (IX), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Western Ghat Zone - ZARS, Igatpuri, Dist. Nashik Western Maharashtra Scarcity Zone (MH-6),- ZARS, Solapur Sub Montane Zone – ZARS, Kolhapur Plain Zone – ZARS, Ganeshkhind, Pune
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs	The rumen is usually full, firm, and doughy. Primary contractions are decreased in rate or absent, but secondary contractions may be present although usually decreased in strength. Temperature, pulse, and respiration are normal. The feces are normal to firm in consistency but reduced in amount.
Disease Description	The simple accumulation of excessive quantitiesof relatively indigestible feed may physically impair rumen function for 24-48 hr. The disease is common in hand-fed dairy and beef cattle and rarely seen in sheep
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use	Pahelia feeds between 600 and 800 grams of the whole creeper, cut into small pieces, as a stool softener to cows found restive due to indigestion. More than the leaves and stem, he finds the roots of the creeper more effective. When the cow is found excessively restive due to indigestion, the creeper is fed along with watermelon (Cucumis callosus) for quick relief, within half an hour.
Etiology Causative Agent	1) Sudden ingestion of excessive quantities of highly palatable feeds such as corn or grasssilage or excessive quantities of relatively indigestible, poor-quality roughage during winter. 2) During drought, cattle and sheep may be forced to eat large quantities of poor-quality straw,bedding, or scrub.
Global Context	Indigestion in cattle is spread worldwide. The condition is more common in non-descriptive cattle than dairy cattle.
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000003160
Reference	Dahod/98/2
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1461
Reference	Dahod/98/2
Scout	HBN