Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
Practice Name:
Treating Valo in Animals
| Details | |
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| Category | Veterinary Care |
| Crop | |
| Crop Family | |
| Scientific Name | |
| Vernacular Name | |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | The leaves of Swallow wart or (Calotropis gigantea). |
| Control Mode |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Chaturbhai Balvalbhai Patel |
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| District | |
| KVK District | Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520 |
| Address | Dhagandhra, Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | |
| Vocation | Farmer |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 363001 |
| PAS_1 | "Farmer Bhikhabhai somabhai of district Surendranagar treat valo in cattle. Some farmers cure it by forcing the animal to stand or float in deep water. Another method is to startle the animal with a black cloth or with some noise so that it gets up and becomes active. In either case 200 g tea powder boiled in one liter water is given to the animal (Honey Bee, 3(3&4):20, 1992)." |
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| 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) |
| Other Community Practices | |
| Practice ID | KNW0010000000301 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/1616 |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 363001 |