Practice Name:

Bloat 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
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Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Nanubhai Mohanbhai Chaudhary
City / District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Shekhpur, Mahuva, Bhavanagar
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	394250

PAS_1	"Bharwad has learnt from elders in the village that it is always better to treat bloat promptly. The remedy consists of boiled groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) and plain water. Heat about 50 millilitres of groundnut oil and bring to a boil. Poured into a tall vessel containing about 250 millilitres of water. When the mixture cools down, stir it well and drench to the afflicted animal. This brings almost instantaneous relief from bloat."
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description	Bloat is a form of indigestion marked by excessive accumulation of gas in the rumen. Immediately after cattle consume a meal, the digestive process creates gases in the rumen. Most of the gases are eliminated by eructation (belching). Any interruption of this normal gas elimination results in gas accumulation or bloat. (https://beef.unl.edu/cattleproduction/bloat-beefcattle)
Disease Control
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Precautions
Procedure of Use	To blot out bloat in an animal, Nanubhai Chaudhary seeks to smoke out gas in the belly of the buffalo. He takes dry wood of sisoo (Dalbergia sissoo) and burns it. The animal is exposed to the smoke emanating from the burning wood by placing it as near to it as possible. This shows immediate effect and bloat subsides. This is a self developed practice of Nanubhai. Alternatively, the grandmothers cure of castor (Ricinus communis) oil is administered. This subsides bloat an animal suffers from bloat due to excessive eating of green grass or lucern. The symptoms are it stops ruminating. Its abdomen sounds like a drum when tapped with hand. If untreated, the animal may also die.
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Practice ID	DTP0010000000548
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1960
Reference	HBN database
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