Practice Name:

Foot and Mouth Disease Cure

Affected Animal	Cattle
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	Hirenben L. Harijan
City / District	Amreli
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Amreli
Address	Jinjka, Rajula, Amreli
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	365555

PAS_1	IN Kenya -Ethnoveterinary remedies of natural Soda ash solution (97% sodium bicarbonate), honey and finger millet flour were used to manage the FMD lesions. The lesions were washed with soda ash solution to remove the necrotic tissue after which raw honey and finger millet flour were applied to the cleaned lesions. The lesions were examined daily and those with necrotic material washed again with the Soda ash solution. Honey and finger millet flour were applied daily for three days. There was rapid healing of the lesions with the animals resuming feeding after three days. The fast healing of the lesions vindicates the use of these cheap, locally available and easy to apply products in the management of FMD lesions.
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco- Region (5.3) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) ,Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra (GJ-6) South Saurashtra (GJ-7)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description	Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a transboundary animal disease (TAD) that severely affect the production of livestock and disrupting regional and international trade in animals and animal products. The disease is estimated to circulate in 77% of the global livestock population, in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, as well as in a limited area of South America. Countries that are currently free of FMD remain under constant threat of an incursion. For more read (https://www.oie.int/enimal-health-in-the-world/animal-diseases/Foot-and-mouth-disease/)
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Procedure of Use	"In the animal affected with contagious viral disease of foot and mouth, the areas around hooves and the e mouth of the animal become ulcerated with blisters. It feels pain in these parts and has trouble in walking . Hiraben Harijan from village Jinjka, district Amreli of Gujarat this disease by feeding the animal thick chuppaties prepared from pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides) flour and water, smeared with edible oil. This takes care of the mouth ulceration. For curing the hooves, she sprinkles juice extract of neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves. She learnt this method from her father. About 30% of the farmers from her village also using the same treatment."
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Practice ID	DTP0010000000437
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1919
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