Practice Name:

Increasing Milk Yield

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Increase milk yeild
Disease Attak Stage
Disease Common Name	Increase milk yeild
Disease Group
Disease Distribution	Worldwide

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Narayana Siddi
City / District	Uttara Kannada
KVK District	KVK, Ambheti (NGO) ,Taluka-Kaprada,Dist-Valsad
Address	Uttara Kannada , Karnataka
Languages Spoken	Kannada
Vocation	Farmer
State	Karnataka
PIN Code	581360

PAS_1	Nathiben Gandabhai Dudharejia from the Munjpur village in the Vadhvan taluka in Surendranagar district in Gujarat increases milk yield using Khijada (Prosopis cineraria) and Baval or Black Piquant (Acacia nilotica). She feeds dairy cattle a combination of the pods of Khijada (Prosopis cineraria) and Black piquant trees are fed in to increase the milk yield.
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Western Ghats And Coastal Plain, Hot Humi-per humid eco region (19): North Sahyadris and Konkan Coast, hot, humid eco-subregion(19.1)
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Disease Description
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use	Narayana Siddi from Chittinahalli village, Uttara Kannada district claims that one kg of tubers of ‘byne’ plant can increase milk yield if they are cooked and fed to the cow for nearly one month every day after calving.
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Other Medications / Treatments
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Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0020000000462
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1738
Reference	HBN database
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