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Horn Cancer in Animal


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Category Veterinary Care
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Innovator / Knowledge Provider Lt. Harkhabhai Arjanbhai Patel
City / District Surendranagar
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address Tikar Muli Surendranagr
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 363510

PAS_1 Efficacy evaluation of a commercial neem cake for control of Haematobia irritans on Nelore cattle (http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612010000400005)
PAS_2 Azadirachtin as a larvicide against the horn fly, stable fly, and house fly (Diptera: Muscidae). (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2600264/)
Agro Ecological Zone Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3),Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII) ,North West Zone (GJ-5) North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description Horn Cancer
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Procedure of Use "Harkhabhai Patel makes a decoction of 2 kilogram bark of neem tree (Azadirachta indica) in 3 liters of water. It should be boiled till about 1 litre of water remains and the rest evaporates. This decoction is drenched to the animal at the rate of about 250 millilitres each time twice a day for 2 days. The treatment cures horn cancer. All the farmers of Tikar village in Surendranagar district use this technique."
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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 DTP0010000000393
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1914
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