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	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

PAS_1	"Farmer Ramrakshpulsinh Keshish Thokore of district Dang treat tympany in cattle with the help of salt & onion. For the treatment, 50 g salt and one bulb of onion (Allium cepa) are mixed and crushed together to get an extract. This prepared concoction is drenched to the affected animal. Due to this treatment, animal leads to diarrhoea and it is cured of the bloat problem. "
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)
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Procedure of Use	When an animal suffers bloat by consuming rotten grass or some disagreeble stuff or due to any other reason, its abdomen is distended and its belly sounds like a drum on tapping. The animal shuns feed intake and has difficulty in the standing posture. To treat the condition, Dudhiben Gohil uses false black pepper (Embelia tsjeriam-cottam), 50 gram, "bitalaban" 25 gram and salt 25 gram. These are crushed together and half-litre water is mixed and drenched to the animal with the help of a drench-pipe. This results in virtual diarrhoea till bloat is completely cured. All this happens within two hours of the medication. There is no side-effect to this medicine. This is a traditional practice.
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Practice ID	DTP0010000000583
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1970
Reference	HBN database
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