| PAS_1 |
"Farmer Lakhabhai Becharbhai Khatana treat cattle having diarrhoea. For treating this condition, the respondent pounds "sudiya" vine and then administers 200 to 250 g of extracted juice by drench-pipe to the animal. The animal is relieved of diarrhoea if the medicine is drenched twice a day for two days. " |
| PAS_2 |
" Farmer Pratapbhai Sonabhai Chauhan cure diarrhoea with the help of tendu (Diospyros melanoxylon) fruit. In case, the cow, buffalo or bullock or any other animal is suffering from diarrhoea, grind about 300 to 400 gram rind of tendu (Diospyros melanoxylon) fruit. Add to it one-litre water. Keep it aside for one or two hours. Filter it with cloth or sieve. Drench all the solution to the animal in a single day (half the quantity in the morning and remaining in the evening). This cleans the digestive track and also improves digestive capacity of the animal. Diarrhoea is thus cured." |
| Agro Ecological Zone |
Agro-Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Ghat and coastal plain hot humid (6.2),
Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Western plateau and hills region (IX),
Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Western Ghat Zone - ZARS, Igatpuri, Dist. Nashik
Western Maharashtra Scarcity Zone (MH-6),- ZARS, Solapur
Sub Montane Zone – ZARS, Kolhapur
Plain Zone – ZARS, Ganeshkhind, Pune |
| Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs |
Animals with diarrhoea have certain symptoms like: Lose water and salt from their bodies, Animals become weak and thin, Loss of appetite, Lose watery feaces contains mucous and sometimes blood comes along with feaces, Loss of milk production and animals can die if treatment gets delayed |
| Disease Description |
Diarrhoea is a multifactorial disease entity that can have serious financial and animal welfare implications in dairy herds. It has been estimated that 75% of early calf mortality in dairy herds is caused by acute diarrhoea in the pre-weaning period. |
| Disease Control |
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| Disease Prevention |
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| Precautions |
Maintain food quality in animal as well as maintain hygienic condition in herd. |
| Procedure of Use |
One kg of tender sprouts of snowbush (Breynia retusa) and 50 g red soil are grinded and dissolved in 100 g of water, this is given to the affected animal in form of drenching using drench pipe. This technique completely cures the diarrhoea in animals |
| Etiology Causative Agent |
Where diarrhoea is the most obvious sign, the primary causes can be thought of broadly in two different groups, nutritional and infectious. 1) Nutritional causes include: acidosis (e.g. grain overload), lush green feed, cobalt or selenium deficiency, copper deficiency or toxicity. 2) Infectious causes include: worms viruses (e.g. bovine viral diarrhoea virus), bacteria (e.g. Salmonella or Yersinia). It is important to remember that some infectious causes of diarrhoea, such as Salmonella and Yersinia, can potentially affect humans. Always practise high levels of hygiene when dealing with sick cattle. |
| Global Context |
Diarrhoea in calves spreads worldwide. It is more common in young animals than adult animals. |
| Lesson Implication |
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| Other Medications / Treatments |
Norfloxacin and Tinidazole is found to be most effective treatment in bacterial and protozoal diarrhoea. |
| Limitations of Approaches |
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| Other Community Practices |
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| Practice ID |
DTP0010000003247 |
| Reference |
HBN database |
| Annotation ID |
GIAN/GAVL/2025 |
| Reference |
HBN database |
| Scout |
HBN |
Honey Bee Network Knowledge & Innovation Database (HBNKIND)
