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Cure for Hypothermia 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	Dudhiben Gabhabhai Gohil
City / District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Dayal, Mahuwa, Bhavnagar
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364130

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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	Hypothermia and frostbite can be harmful to livestock, but particularly harmful to newborns, says NDSU Extension Veterinarian Charlie Stoltenow. Newborns often are hypoglycemic, which means they have low energy reserves and electrolyte imbalances. Animals with pre-existing conditions (pneumonia, old age) have impaired body reserves and may succumb more readily to very cold and windy conditions. (https://www.beefmagazine.com/cowcalfweekly/0312-watch-hypothermia-frostbite-livestock)
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Procedure of Use	"To treat hypothermia in animals, Dudhiben Gohil uses a home-made remedy. She takes 50 gram dillseed (Anethum graveolens), 25 gram rock salt and 50 gram salt. These are crushed together and mixed in water. The solution is drenched to the animal through a drench-pipe. For the young of animals, half the dose is administered. There is another practice to cure hypothermia. Some farmers place a salt-drip strip on the back of the animal. This increases bodily heat and gives relief to the animal. Many farmers in rural Bhavnagar use this traditional practice because of its simplicity. Due to hypothermia, the animal may stop feed intake, drinking water and rumination. Its body temperature goes down and the animal becomes restless. This disease affects buffalos mainly."
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Practice ID	DTP0010000000579
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1969
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN