Practice Name:

Diarrhoea in Animal


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
Disease
Disease Attak Stage
Disease Common Name
Disease Group Virus
Disease Distribution

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider Vejanandbhai Babubhai Kamdiya
City / District Junagadh
KVK District Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Ambuja Foundation, Ambuja Cement Plant, Kodinar (Dist. Junagadh-Gujarat)
Address Sheel, Mangrol, Junagadh
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 362240

PAS_1 " To control diarrhoea in animals, farmer Satyanarayana Malla of Sarankul area in the Nayagarh district of Orissa grind the seeds of dhala kaincha (Abrus precatorius L) into a fine powder and give as bolus once daily to the animals. This will cure diarrhoea in animal (Honey bee 21(2), 14,2010)."
PAS_2 "Ramsingh of district Panchmahal boils 250 g dried bark powder each of ‘Kher’ (Acacia catechu L.f.), khakra (Butea monosperma (Lam.) (Taub.) and charoli (Buchanania lanzan Sprengel.) in a litre of water for two hours and then sieves it. He gives the filtrate orally three times a day till the animal is cured (Honey bee 21(2),9, 2010)."
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)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description BVD is a common cause of respiratory and reproductive issues in the herd. It is a economically important disease in many countries, and problems realted to the disease are thought to be increasing in some areas. Although a disease in itself, BVD causes a number of transient infections which are often the cause of animal health and economic problems. (https://www.thecattlesite.com/diseaseinfo/200/bovine-viral-diarrhoea-bvd/)
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Procedure of Use "Animal suffering from diarrhoea evacuates foul smelling and watery faeces. It gets weaker by the day, its feed intake reduces and it experiences restlessness. Vejanandbhai Kamadia of village Sheel, district Junagadh of Gujarat gives orally the mixture of 200 ml leaf extract of 300 g rivea (Rivea hypocrateriformis) leaves and 200 ml groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) oil to the animal suffering from diarrhoea. He learnt this method from his father."
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Practice ID DTP0010000000491
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1933
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