Practice Name:

Treatment to Bring Animals in to Heat (Anestrus).

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Anestrusin animals
Disease Attak Stage
Disease Common Name
Disease Group
Disease Distribution

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Vanabhai Karmanbhai Thakor
City / District	Surendranagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address	Varevada village of Dashada taluka in the Surendranagar district of Gujarat.
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	384215

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	Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3),Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII) ,North West Zone (GJ-5) North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs	Symptoms of coming to heat (Anestrus) are sometimes not visible in some female animals.
Disease Description
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use	To bring such animals to heat, take one root of Indian Spurge tree (Euphorbia neriifolia), mix it with one bread made of flour of pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoides) and feed it to the affected animal. Following repeated treatment, the animal comes to heat in 10 to 15 days.
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	DTP0010000000159.
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2300
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN