Practice Name:

Diarrhoea in Cattle

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Diarrhoea
Disease Attak Stage	Diarrhoea is a common complaint in youne calves (particularly in the first few months of life)
Disease Common Name
Disease Group	Digestive system
Disease Distribution	Worldwide

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Panbaiben Mavjibhai Kathrotiya
City / District	Amreli
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Amreli
Address	Mu. Dudhala , Dahri , Amreli , Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	365601

PAS_1	"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)".
PAS_2	"Farmer Valabhai of district Panchmahal treat diarrhoea in animal by using young shoots, bark of mango (Mangifera indica). For curing the diarrhoea, 250 g young shoots, 250 g leaves and 500 g bark of mango (Mangifera indica) are pounded together and then boiled in 2 L water till 1 L water is left. The decoction is allowed to cool and 250 g administered to the animal in morning and evening for two days by drench pipe. This will cure diarrhoea in animal."
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco- Region (5.3) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) ,Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra (GJ-6) South Saurashtra (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
Disease Prevention
Precautions	Maintain food quality in animal as well as maintain hygienic condition in herd.
Procedure of Use	Women farmer panbaiben treat diarrhoea in cattle by using plum seeds and mango kernels. Take 100 grams of black plum seeds. Mix with 100 grams of mango kernels. Grind the mixture into a fine powder. Add the powder to the usual cattle feed and feed to the animal once a day for three days. This relieves the animal from diarrhoea.
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
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000003628
Reference	Amreli/92/2
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1651
Reference	Amreli/92/2
Scout	HBN