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Constipation in Animal

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

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Babarbhai Harjibhai Rabari
City / District	Ahmedabad
KVK District	KrishiVigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Arnej – 382 230. Tel:02714-242028
Address	Viramgam , Ahmadabad , Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	380001

PAS_1	" T K Jayamma of district Chitradurga treat constiption in cattle by using red chilli powder. Mix powdered red chillies (use five to six chillies) in one litre of water. This should be given two times a day to the animals. Chillies are used as digestive agent (Honey Bee, 15(3):15, 2004)."
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Western plain, kachchh and part of kathiawar peninsula, hot arid eco-region (2.3) ,Coastal Plains and Hills (XIII),Bhal and Coastal area (GJ-8) 14.26% North Gujarat ( GJ-4) 19.87% North west zone (GJ-5) 36.38 North Saurashtra (GJ-6) 29.49
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Procedure of Use	Babarbhai of district Ahmedabad treat constipation in animal. For treatment, 3 kg watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), cut into pieces, is fed to the animal. In 15 min,constipation gets cured, block is released and animal becomes normal.
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Practice ID	DTP0010000006074
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2209
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN