Practice Name:

Anuria in Bullock


Affected Animal Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name) Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy) Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular) Gai, Gau
Category Veterinary Care
Disease Anuria
Disease Attak Stage At any age
Disease Common Name Anuria
Disease Group Urinary disease
Disease Distribution Worldwide

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Popatbhai Meghjibhai Bared
City / District Amreli
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Amreli
Address Kukavav
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 365601

PAS_1 "Women farmer treat anuria in animal by using mesquite levaes. To get rid of this problem, glassful of extract of mesquite (Prosopis juiliflora) leaves is prepared and is drenched to the affected animal. This will treat anuria."
PAS_2 "Raghuji Thakore from Mahesana district of Gujarat treats this condition by crushing 500 g or the whole plant of puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) plant and mixing the pulp in 2 L water and 200 - 300 g milk. He drenches the concoction so prepared to the affected animal 2 - 3 times in a day. This gives relief to the animal."
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 Anuria itself is a symptom, not a disease. It is often associated with other symptoms of kidney failure, such as lack of appetite, weakness, nausea and vomiting. Other clinical signs includes: Animal stop to feeding, Animal does not sit, Frail, Stops ruminating, Animal cannot work in the field, Animal become dull.
Disease Description Anuria itself is a symptom, not a disease. Anuria is nonpassage of urine, in practice is defined as passage of less than 100 milliliters of urine in a day. Anuria is often caused by failure in the function of kidneys. It may also occur because of some severe obstruction like kidney stones or tumours. It may occur with end stage kidney disease. It is a more extreme reduction than oliguria (hypouresis), with 100 mL/day being the conventional (albeit slightly arbitrary) cutoff point between the two.
Disease Control To control this symptom in animal we need to focus on the control of causative agent
Disease Prevention
Precautions Maintain food quality as well as quantity of animal.
Procedure of Use To relieve animal from this pain, about one liter of liquid from the pickle of caper plant (Caperis deciduas) is drenched to the affected animal twice a day. The dose is repeated for two days. This allows free passage of urine without any side effect.
Etiology Causative Agent
Global Context
Lesson Implication Swelling in the legs, feet, ankles, face. Rash or itching of the skin. Flank pain in the back or side.Nausea or vomiting. Hortness of breath. Dizziness. Difficulty concentrating fatigue
Other Medications / Treatments Mannitol is a medicine that is used to increase the amount of water removed from the blood and thus improve the blood flow to the kidneys.
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID DTP0010000003678
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/2147
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