Practice Name:

Turning Sterile Bulls into Studs

Details
Category	Veterinary Care
Crop
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Cowhage (Mucuna pruriens) seeds
Control Mode

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Ramabhai Lallubhai Prajapati
District
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Deesa
Address	Danta, Banaskantha, Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	385120

PAS_1	Perticulary don’t get any information on effect of Mucuna pruriens on bull fertility but get information on human. Treatment with M. pruriens significantly inhibited lipid peroxidation, elevated spermatogenesis, and improved sperm motility. Treatment also recovered the levels of total lipids, triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids, and vitamin A, C, and E and corrected fructose in seminal plasma of infertile men. Ahmad, M.K., Mahdi, A.A., Shukla, K.K., Islam, N., Jaiswar, S.P. and Ahmad, S., 2008. Effect of Mucuna pruriens on semen profile and biochemical parameters in seminal plasma of infertile men. Fertility and Sterility, 90(3), pp.627-635.
PAS_2	According to Shukla et al., (2010), Mucuna pruriens Reduces Stress and Improves the Quality of Semen in Infertile Men
Agro Ecological Zone	Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia (2.3),Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII),North Gujarat zone and North -West (GJ-4, GJ-5)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000002504
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1875
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	385120