Practice Name:

Increasing Milk Yield

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Increase in milk yeild
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Disease Group	NA disease
Disease Distribution	Worldwide

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Dhuliben Hirabhai Vankar
City / District	Panchmahal
KVK District	Krishi Vignyan Kendra,Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik. PIN 422 005
Address	Sahera, Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	389001

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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
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Procedure of Use	Dhuriben Vankar has an elaborate but traditional method to increase milk production. First she takes 2 kilogram each of tender leaves "goidia" and sweet acacia (Acacia leucophloea) plants. Then she prepares 2 kilogram gruel of maize (Zea mays) in water. She mixes the two items with cattle feed containing oilcake and grain ("khan" in Gujarati) and feeds it to cow or buffalo. If "goidiya " is dry, then boil it before using. The milk production will increase.
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Practice ID	DTP0010000003374
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2041
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN