Practice Name:

Horn Cancer in Animal


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Category Veterinary Care
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Innovator / Knowledge Provider Mr. Nanjibahi Kanjibhai Galia
City / District Ahmedabad
KVK District KrishiVigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Arnej – 382 230. Tel:02714-242028
Address Khijadia via Jarkhia Ahmedabad
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 365435

PAS_1 Potential of Various Extracts of Tamarindus indica (Caesalpiniaceae) Leaves in the Treatment of Cancer (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283697328_Potential_of_Various_Extracts_of_Tamarindus_indica_Caesalpiniaceae_Leaves_in_the_Treatment_of_Cancer)
PAS_2 Seeds of Tamarindus Indica As Anti-Cancer In Some CellLine (http://scienceandnature.org/IJABR_Vol7(2)2017/IJABR_V7(2)17-32.pdf)
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
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description Horn Cancer
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Procedure of Use "Blood trickles from the horns and sometimes from the nose. The animal moves its head continuously. Day by day, animal becomes frail. To treat this condition, bark of tamarind (Tamarindus indica) are pounded and extract is obtained. This extract is applied on the horn of affected animal. The treatment is continued for three days as result, maggots are killed. Thus, the animal is cured of the horn cancer problem."
Etiology Causative Agent
Global Context Horn cancer in bovines and its management (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262672514_Horn_cancer_in_bovines_and_its_management A preliminary sketch of horn cancer transcriptome in Indian zebu cattle.) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22134011 Horn Cancer in Cattle in Iraq https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/030098587601300608
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Practice ID DTP0010000000424
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1900
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