Practice Name:

Remedy for Foot and Mouth Dieses in Cattle

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	SomabhaiJesangbhai Desai
District
KVK District	KrishiVigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Arnej – 382 230. Tel:02714-242028
Address	Karanpura village of Viramgam taluka in the Ahmedabad district of Gujarat.
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	384210

PAS_1	IN Kenya -Ethnoveterinary remedies of natural Soda ash solution (97% sodium bicarbonate), honey and finger millet flour were used to manage the FMD lesions. The lesions were washed with soda ash solution to remove the necrotic tissue after which raw honey and finger millet flour were applied to the cleaned lesions. The lesions were examined daily and those with necrotic material washed again with the Soda ash solution. Honey and finger millet flour were applied daily for three days. There was rapid healing of the lesions with the animals resuming feeding after three days. The fast healing of the lesions vindicates the use of these cheap, locally available and easy to apply products in the management of FMD lesions.
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
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000000101
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2286
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	384210