Practice Name:

Diarrhoea in Cattle


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

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Panbaiben Mavjibhai Kathrotiya
City / District Amreli
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Amreli
Address Dahri
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 365601

PAS_1 "To cure diarrhoea,Baria Ramsinghbhai powders 200 g each of the bank of Khakhro(Buteamonosperma), 'mahudo'(Mahuvalatifolia), and khair(Acacia catechu). Then some water is added and the solution is heated,cooled and allowed to stand overnight. Next morning it is filtered and two bowls are fed to the animal, once in the morning and once in the evening. This is done for two days to control the diarrhoea (Honey Bee, 8(2):14, 1997)"
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco- Region (5.3) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) ,Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra (GJ-6) South Saurashtra (GJ-7)
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
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use Farmers in Amreli traditionally use black plum (Syzygium cumini) and mango (Mangifera indica) kernel to relieve the animals of distress. Take 100 grams of black plum seeds. Mix with 100 grams of mango kernels. Grind the mixture into a fine powder. Add the powder to the usual cattle feed and feed to the animal once a day for three days. This relieves the animal from diarrhoea.
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
Other Medications / Treatments Norfloxacin and Tinidazole is found to be most effective treatment in bacterial and protozoal diarrhoea.
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID DTP0010000003628
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/2125
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