Practice Name:

Rohida and Citron for Peritonitis Cattle


Affected Animal Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name) Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy) Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular) Gai, Gau
Category Veterinary Care
Disease Trumatic Reticulo Peritoviti
Disease Attak Stage At any stage
Disease Common Name Hardware disease
Disease Group Reticular disease
Disease Distribution It has worldwide occurrence.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Motibhai Zavrabhai Fanasa
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 High rise of temperature, sudden anorexia, ruminal stasis, local pain in the abdomen, pain on movement. It may lead to chronic form resulting to acute diffuse peritonitis
Disease Description Perforation of the wall of reticulum by a sharp foreign body produce, acute local peritonitis
Disease Control Use of antibiotic to control infection
Disease Prevention Prevention measures include avoiding the use of baling wire, passing feed over magnets to remove mettalic objects, keeping cattle away from sites of new construction and completely removing old building and fances. Additionally, bar magnets may be administer PO, preferably after fasting for 18-24 hrs. Usually, magnets remains in reticulum and holds any foreignbody on its surface. There is good evidence that giving magnets to all herd replacement heifers and bulls at 1 year of age minimizes the incidence of traumatic reticuloperitonitis
Precautions Make sure that there is no any type of foreignbody available in herd
Procedure of Use He finally zeroed in on a mixture of rohida (Tecomella undulata), "patadiyu" and citron (Citrus medica) fruits. The mixture is being used widely for over 20 years in the region with good results.
Etiology Causative Agent Accidental ingestion of foreign body through feed or white grazing in the pasture. Also due to lack of oral discrimination in animal, tendency to lick mettalic object, greedy feeding
Global Context Traumatic reticuloperitonitis disease in cattle is spread worldwide. It is very common in non-disciptive animal than dairy animal
Lesson Implication Leucocytosis, neutrophilia with shift to the left
Other Medications / Treatments 1) Conservative treatment: Immobilization of animal, front feet elivation, reduction of roughage feed, administration of antibiotics. 2) Surgical treatment: Rumenotomy, repair and post surgical measure
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Other Community Practices
Practice ID DTP0010000003161
Reference DAHOD/98/2
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1462
Reference DAHOD/98/2
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