Practice Name:

Onion Cure for Fever

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Fever
Disease Attak Stage
Disease Common Name
Disease Group	NA disease
Disease Distribution	Worldwide

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Shankarbhai Ghanabhai Kharkutiya
City / District	Valsad
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, S.D. Agricultural University, Khedbrahma, Taluka- Khedbrahma
Address	Dharampur, Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	396001

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PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) North Gujarat plain (Inclusive of Aravalli range and East Rajasthan Uplands) hot, dry, semi – arid eco-subregion (4.2), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII) , Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Gujarat Agroclimatic zone (GJ-4)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description	Fever is not a disease, but it’s a symptom of some diseases.
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use	To control fever, Shankarbhai Kharkutiya takes 200 gram onion (Allium cepa) bulbs and crushes them. Then he adds seven to eight seeds of white emetic nut (Peucedanum graveolens). This mixture is administered to the animal through a tube. The animal generally gets cured within five days.
Etiology Causative Agent	Caused by environmental changes
Global Context
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000003364
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2038
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN