Practice Name:

Abscess in Animal


Affected Animal Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name) Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy) Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular) Balad
Category Veterinary Care
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Innovator / Knowledge Provider Mansukhbhai Vitthalbhai Gundiyala
City / District Surendranagar
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address Wadhwan, Surendranagar
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 364720

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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 Abscesses are collections of pus in confined tissue spaces, usually caused by bacterial infection. Symptoms include local pain, tenderness, warmth, and swelling (if abscesses are near the skin layer) or constitutional symptoms (if abscesses are deep). Imaging is often necessary for diagnosis of deep abscesses. Treatment is surgical drainage and often antibiotics.
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Procedure of Use When the animal has blisters or abscess on the body, leaves of mock bodh tree (Ficus religiosa) are collected and ghee of cow or buffalo is applied and then tied on the abscess of affected animal for two to three days. This treatment cures the abscess in animal. Most of the people in this village are using this practice. It is a traditional practice. (https://www.msdmanuals.com/professional/infectious-diseases/biology-of-infectious-disease/abscesses)
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Practice ID DTP0010000000531
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1955
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