Practice Name:

Wounds in Livestock

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

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Manubhai Parmabhai 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

PAS_1	"Farmer Maljibhai Desai of Ahmedabad district treat wound problem in animal by using bark of aakdo plant and ghee. Bark of ‘aakdo’ (Calotropis spp) plant is pound very well and mixed with 50g of ‘ghee’ (clarified butter). This mixture is applied only once on the wound of the animal and bandage is kept for 15 days. This will cure wound problem (Honey Bee: 11(2)13, 2000)."
PAS_2
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	To treat abrasions and cuts, Manubhai Vankar takes the leaves and tender stems of niger (Guizotica abyssinica) plant and grinds them on a flat stone and applies the crushed leaves to the wounds. These are soon healed.
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Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000003395
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2048
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