| PAS_1 |
"Farmer Lakhabhai Becharbhai Khatana treat cattle having diarrhoea. For treating this condition, the respondent pounds "sudiya" vine and then administers 200 to 250 g of extracted juice by drench-pipe to the animal. The animal is relieved of diarrhoea if the medicine is drenched twice a day for two days. " |
| PAS_2 |
"Farmer Baria Haribhai Rumalbhai of district Panchamahal treat diarrhoea in animal. He using `dedhumari' (Ficus hispida). Roots of `dedhumari' (Ficus hispida) are crushed after washing, soaked in water for an hour and filtered through cloth. Between 100 and 200 g of the filtrate is administered to the animal. This treatment begins to take effect in a day and a coplete cure is effected in about 2-3 days (Honey Bee,4(2&3):22,1993)". |
| Agro Ecological Zone |
Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco-Region (5.2) , Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and hill region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Agro Climatic zone(GJ-3), North Gujarat Zone GJ-7 |
| Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs |
Animals with diarrhoea have certain symptoms like: Lose water and salt from their bodies, Animals become weak and thin, Loss of appetite, Lose watery feaces contains mucous and sometimes blood comes along with feaces, Loss of milk production and animals can die if treatment gets delayed |
| Disease Description |
Diarrhoea is a multifactorial disease entity that can have serious financial and animal welfare implications in dairy herds. It has been estimated that 75% of early calf mortality in dairy herds is caused by acute diarrhoea in the pre-weaning period. |
| Disease Control |
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| Disease Prevention |
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| Precautions |
Maintain food quality in animal as well as maintain hygienic condition in herd. |
| Procedure of Use |
Karansingh Manilal Rathod of the Sutaria village in the Balasinor taluka in Kheda district in Gujarat cures diarrhoea using the grains of Kodo millet or ricegrass (Paspalum scrobiculatum). Rathod gives about 10 kilogrammes of boiled ricegrass grain to the suffering animal. Ricegrass is a type of coarse millet. |
| Etiology Causative Agent |
Where diarrhoea is the most obvious sign, the primary causes can be thought of broadly in two different groups, nutritional and infectious. 1) Nutritional causes include: acidosis (e.g. grain overload), lush green feed, cobalt or selenium deficiency, copper deficiency or toxicity. 2) Infectious causes include: worms viruses (e.g. bovine viral diarrhoea virus), bacteria (e.g. Salmonella or Yersinia). It is important to remember that some infectious causes of diarrhoea, such as Salmonella and Yersinia, can potentially affect humans. Always practise high levels of hygiene when dealing with sick cattle. |
| Global Context |
Diarrhoea in calves spreads worldwide. It is more common in young animals than adult animals. |
| Lesson Implication |
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| Other Medications / Treatments |
Norfloxacin and Tinidazole is found to be most effective treatment in bacterial and protozoal diarrhoea. |
| Limitations of Approaches |
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| Other Community Practices |
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| Practice ID |
KNW0010000000347 |
| Reference |
HBN database |
| Annotation ID |
GIAN/GAVL/1628 |
| Reference |
HBN database |
| Scout |
HBN |
Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)