Practice Name:

Herbal Way to Induce Heat

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	1. Gai, gau. 2. Bhais, bhohis
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Anoestrus condition.
Disease Attak Stage
Disease Common Name
Disease Group
Disease Distribution

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Hargovindbhai Sai
City / District	Mehsana
KVK District	Ganpat University,Kherva Dist: Mehsana
Address	Bhalana village of Harij taluka of Mehsana district in Gujarat.
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	384240

PAS_1	The healers administer a part of a local herb (name withheld due to IP reasons) to animals affected with anestrus. The animal shows signs of estrus in eight days. To validate the practice, some clinical conditions (Khumaji Badaji Kataviya, 2013)
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Northern Plain (and Central Highlands) In (4.2) Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII)Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Gujarat zone (GJ-4)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use	Extract juice from the roots of "ganthoda" or Indian long pepper (Piper longum) and give two nal (250 millilitres each) of this extract to the affected animal twice a day. The animal comes in to "heat" within two weeks.
Etiology Causative Agent
Global Context	Anestrus Disorder in livestock animals is spread worldwide.
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000000028
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2247
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN