Practice Name:

Diarrhoea in Animal

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	Diarrhoea
Disease Group	Digestive disease
Disease Distribution	Worldwide

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Vaghabhai Bharwad
City / District	Amreli
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Amreli
Address	Amreli
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	365601

PAS_1	"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."
PAS_2
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	Reversing dehydration by providing fluids (replacement electrolytes), meeting energy requirements (milk feeds or energy supplements), providing intestinal protectants such as kaolin, providing a warm, dry environment for the calf.
Precautions	Maintain food quality in animal as well as maintain hygienic condition in herd.
Procedure of Use	"To treat diarrhoea in animal, fruits of bael (Aegle marmelos) is cut with knife and then crushed properly. The crushed bael fruit is soaked in two to three liters of buttermilk in the evening hours. Filter the mixture in the next morning and then drench the filtrate to the animal. This gives relief to the animal within two days."
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
Other Medications / Treatments	Norfloxacin and Tinidazole is found to be most effective treatment in bacterial and protozoal diarrhoea.
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000006178
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1675
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN