Practice Name:

Treatment of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Javanji Shambhuji Thakarda
District
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Deesa
Address	Banaskantha ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	383001

PAS_1	IN Kenya -Ethnoveterinary remedies of natural Soda ash solution (97% sodium bicarbonate), honey and finger millet flour were used to manage the FMD lesions. The lesions were washed with soda ash solution to remove the necrotic tissue after which raw honey and finger millet flour were applied to the cleaned lesions. The lesions were examined daily and those with necrotic material washed again with the Soda ash solution. Honey and finger millet flour were applied daily for three days. There was rapid healing of the lesions with the animals resuming feeding after three days. The fast healing of the lesions vindicates the use of these cheap, locally available and easy to apply products in the management of FMD lesions.
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia (2.3),Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII),North Gujarat zone and North -West (GJ-4, GJ-5)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0010000000263
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1601
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	383001