Practice Name:

Horn Breakage in Cattle

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

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Amrutbhai Visabhai Rabari
City / District	Mehsana
KVK District	Ganpat University,Kherva Dist: Mehsana
Address	Mu. Derasana, Patan, Mahesana, Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	384001

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PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Northern Plain (and Central Highlands) In (4.2) Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII)Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Gujarat zone (GJ-4)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs	Shaking head, severe irritation at affected area, Redness, severe pain
Disease Description	The fracture of horn is a very painful condition. If the base of the horn is fractured, there is considerable bleeding exposing the trabeculae. There were nasal discharges from the same side of horn fracture, as the frontal and nasal cavities communicate with each other in these species.
Disease Control
Disease Prevention	To minimise sharp objects in herd
Precautions	Maintain clinliness of horn
Procedure of Use	To cure horn breakage in animals, take womens hairs, mix them with edible oil and red lead. Apply this mixture on the broken horn of cattle and tie a bandage around the broken horn. This provides relief to cattle.
Etiology Causative Agent	Caused by a blow or by striking the horn against a fixed object
Global Context
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000003218
Reference	Mahesana/96/7
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1467
Reference	Mahesana/96/7
Scout	HBN