Practice Name:

Treatment for Prolapse of Vagina in Pregnancy

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Prolapse of vagina
Disease Attak Stage	At old age
Disease Common Name	Prolapse of vagina
Disease Group	Reproductive disease
Disease Distribution	It has worldwide occurrence.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Ramajibhai Karshandas Patel
City / District	Surendranagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address	Patdi, Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	363001

PAS_1	"Women farmer Radhaji of district Banaskantha treat vaginal prolapse in animal. The apical portion (new growth) of cactus (250-300) is crushed and mixed in 700g buttermilk and administered orally once to the animal to correct the prolapse of vagina ( Honey Bee, 5(3):14, 1994)."
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	Depends upon degree & duration of prolapse, tenesmus, frequent urination & defication, anorexia
Disease Description	Vaginal prolapse typically looks like a pink mass of tissue about size of large grapefruit or vollyball. A part or whole of vaginal wall displaced in such a way that its mucosa is visible at vulval lips. It is more frequently occurs in buffaloes than cattle and sheep.
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use	Ramajibhai Karshandas Patel of the Vanod village in the Patdi taluka in Surendranagar district in Gujarat feeds the tuber of elephant foot plant locally known as Suran (Amorphophallus campanulatus) to help the animal recover from prolapse of vagina in late pregancy. As treatment Patel extracts the juice from fresh onions by chopping and pounding. The prolapsed part of vagina is washed with this juice as a disinfectant and then carefully pushed back into place. A leather shoe or Chappal is used when pushing against the surface of the vagina.
Etiology Causative Agent	It is caused by hereditory predisposition or increase in intra abdominal pressure.
Global Context
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments	Administration of hygroscopic substances to reduce the size of vagina such as cold alum solutions, 50% dextrose, magnesium sulphate, poppin spray (herbal spray)
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0010000000333
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1625
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN