Practice Name:

Diarrhoea in Animal

Affected Animal	Cattle , Buffalo
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	1. Bos Taurus and 2. Bubalus bubalis
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	1. Gai, gau. 2. Bhais, bhohis
Category	Veterinary Care
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Innovator / Knowledge Provider	NA
City / District	Ahmedabad
KVK District	KrishiVigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Arnej – 382 230. Tel:02714-242028
Address	Khoraj village of Sanad taluka of the Ahmedabad district in Gujarat.
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	382170

PAS_1	"Ramsingh of district Panchmahal boils 250 g dried bark powder each of ‘Kher’ (Acacia catechu L.f.), khakra (Butea monosperma (Lam.) (Taub.) and charoli (Buchanania lanzan Sprengel.) in a litre of water for two hours and then sieves it. He gives the filtrate orally three times a day till the animal is cured (Honey bee 21(2),9, 2010)."
PAS_2	" To control diarrhoea in animals, farmer Satyanarayana Malla of Sarankul area in the Nayagarh district of Orissa grind the seeds of dhala kaincha (Abrus precatorius L) into a fine powder and give as bolus once daily to the animals. This will cure diarrhoea in animal (Honey bee 21(2), 14,2010)."
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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Precautions
Procedure of Use	The animal does not feed properly and its dung stinks with mucus and blood. The tail and hind legs of the animal are daubed with dung. The animal is enervated. To treat this state, 200 to 250 g seeds of black cumin (Vernonia anthelmintica) are crushed into the powder. In this powder, desired amount of water is added and drenched to the affected animal with the help of drenching pipe. This treatment provides relief to the animal in two days. There is no side effect of this treatment. The seeds of black cumin are easily available in the maket. Many people are using this practice in the village.
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Other Medications / Treatments
Limitations of Approaches	Local availability of herbal ingredients, their parts in particular form, vehicle to use the preparations; induction of proper dosage, etc.
Other Community Practices
Practice ID
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1769
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN