Practice Name:

Colic in Animals


Affected Animal Horse
Affected Animal (Scientific Name) Equus caballus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy) Equidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular) Ghodo
Category Veterinary Care
Disease Colic
Disease Attak Stage At any age
Disease Common Name Equine indigestion, acute abdominal pain
Disease Group Digestive system
Disease Distribution It has worldwide occurrence.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Gokulbhai Ramabhai Nadoda
City / District Surendranagar
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address Mu. Malanpur, Patdi, Surendranagar, Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 363001

PAS_1 Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis), ginger (Zingiber officinale) powder, garlic tablets (Allium sativum), chebulic myrobalan (Terminalia chebula) powder and asafoetida (Ferula asafoetida) powder used to treat equine colic (http://ndpublisher.idmin/issues/JARv8n4h.pdf)
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3),Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII) ,North West Zone (GJ-5) North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs Projective vomition, dyspnoea, increased pulse rate and blood pressure, shrunken eyes and dry muzzle, inappetance, anorexia
Disease Description Colic is a painful problem in abdomen. It is not a disease, but merely a symptom of disease. It is a collections of symptoms indicating abdominal pain (grunting, groaning, looking around at the flank)
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use To cure this problem, fish-scales are pound to powder. Mix the powder with water, and drench it to the suffering animal. The treatment gives relief to theanimal from colic.
Etiology Causative Agent Overloading of stomach by straw or grains, sudden change in feed stuff, decreased gastric motility, obstruction of intestine
Global Context Colic spreads worldwide in horse.
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments Gastotomy
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID DTP0010000003486
Reference Surendranagar/92/1
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1510
Reference Surendranagar/92/1
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