Practice Name:

Heat-Stroke 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 Punabhai Rajabhai Valea
City / District Bhavnagar
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address Rajpur Talaja Bhavnagar Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 364140

PAS_1 C. copticum seeds have various important medicinal properties such as antipyretic, antitussive, antispasmodic and cardiovasodilator, respiratory, liver protection, urogenital, gastrointestinal, antiparasitic, antimicrobial, and lipid lowering effects. Therefore this plant could be of therapeutic value in treating of various disorders. [Boskabady MH, Alitaneh S, Alavinezhad A. Carum copticum L.: a herbal medicine with various pharmacological effects. Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:569087. doi:10.1155/2014/569087]
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7)
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Procedure of Use Animal affected by heat-stroke suffers from high fever and remain sick and dull for 3 - 4 days. It ignores the feeds. Milk yield of the animal decreases. To recover the animal from this problem, Punabhai Rajabhai from Bhavnagar district of Gujarat gives first aid to the animal by confining it to shed and bathing it with cold water. Thereafter, he feeds the animal a mixture of 500 g jaggery, 100 g carom (Carum copticum) seeds and some quantity of ash obtained by burning the bran of paddy (Oryza sativa) for once. This cures the animal from heat -stroke.
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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 DTP0010000000797
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1811
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