Practice Name:

Purulent Discharge from Ear of Animal

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Purulent discharge from ear
Disease Attak Stage
Disease Common Name	Purulent discharge from ear
Disease Group
Disease Distribution	Worldwide

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Shantaben Shivrambhai Patel
City / District	Ahmedabad
KVK District	KrishiVigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Arnej – 382 230. Tel:02714-242028
Address	Dholaka
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	380001

PAS_1	"Farmer Sri Ayyavu of district Anna treat purulent discharge from ear. Pods of ‘valampiri’ or ‘idampiri’ (Helicteres isora) are burnt and the ash is mixed with coconut oil and applied to the ears ( Honey Bee, 6(4):10, 1995)."
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Western plain, kachchh and part of kathiawar peninsula, hot arid eco-region (2.3) ,Coastal Plains and Hills (XIII),Bhal and Coastal area (GJ-8) 14.26% North Gujarat ( GJ-4) 19.87% North west zone (GJ-5) 36.38 North Saurashtra (GJ-6) 29.49
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Procedure of Use	Women farmer Shantaben of district Ahmedabad treat Purulent discharge from ear by using tanglehead grass leaves. To treat this phase, 50 g leaves of tanglehead grass (Heteropogon contortus) are crushed and its extract is obtained. This extract is dropped into the ear of affected animal to cure the problem.
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Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000006135
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1665
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN