| PAS_1 |
Coconut oil is an organic food-grade product that contains lauric acid which acts as a repellent to fleas and ticks. (https://coconutmagic.com/blogs/all/coconut-oil-the-natural-flea-and-tick-solution-for-pets (dated: 24/4/2020)) |
| PAS_2 |
"insecticidal shop is available, in which The bar, which is commercially available, can be produced locally for non-commercial purposes.Ingredients %, Crude raw coconut oil 57.0, Antioxidant 0.14, Permethrin 1.00, Mineral oil 8.86, Caustic soda solution 32.0, Natural clay 1.00, (https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/resources/vector237to261.pdf") |
| Agro Ecological Zone |
Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Arid western Plains (5.1),
Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII),
Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Saurashtra Zone (GJ.7) |
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| Disease Description |
Fleas transmit pathogens of numerous diseases that affect man and domestic animals. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971210000299 |
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Flea are parasites. It invade cow, buffalo, bullocks and sucks the blood from the body of animal. It becomes restless and weak. There are possibilities of causing other diseases also due to flea.To relieve the animal from the parasitic invasion, 250 ml of coconut (Cocos nucifera) oil and 50 g of snufff of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) are mixed together and applied over the affected part so that animal can be relieved from the invasion of flea, lice and other insects. |
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| Practice ID |
DTP0010000002454 |
| Reference |
HBN database |
| Annotation ID |
GIAN/GAVL/1882 |
| Reference |
HBN database |
| Scout |
HBN |
Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)