Practice Name:

Curing Diarrhoea in Animals


Affected Animal Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)
Affected Animal (Taxonomy) Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular) Gai, Gau
Category Veterinary Care
Disease Diarrhoea in animals
Disease Attak Stage Diarrhoea is a common complaint in youne calves (particularly in the first few months of life)
Disease Common Name
Disease Group
Disease Distribution

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider RasulbahiMusebahi Vohra
City / District Surendranagar
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address Jenabadvillage of Dashada taluka in the Surendranagar district of Gujarat.
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 382750

PAS_1 "Manabhai of district Panchmahal treat diarrhoea in animal. 1 kg of tender sprouts of snowbush (Breynia retusa) and 50 g red soil are grinded and dissolved in 100 g of water, this is given to the affected animal in form of drenching using drench pipe. This technique completely cures the diarrhoea in animals."
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 Animals with diarrhoea have certain symptoms like: Lose water and salt from their bodies, Animals become weak and thin, Loss of appetite, Lose watery feaces contains mucous and sometimes blood comes along with feaces, Loss of milk production and animals can die if treatment gets delayed
Disease Description Diarrhoea is a multifactorial disease entity that can have serious financial and animal welfare implications in dairy herds. It has been estimated that 75% of early calf mortality in dairy herds is caused by acute diarrhoea in the pre-weaning period.
Disease Control
Disease Prevention Reversing dehydration by providing fluids (replacement electrolytes), meeting energy requirements (milk feeds or energy supplements), providing intestinal protectants such as kaolin, providing a warm, dry environment for the calf.
Precautions Maintain food quality in animal as well as maintain hygienic condition in herd.
Procedure of Use To cure diarrhoea one kilogramme leaves of assyrian plum (Cordia myxa) are crushed. One kilogramme of powdered sugar and one litre of water is added to it. This is then mixed well and the residue is then filtered with the help of a cloth. The affected animal is then fed with 250 millilitres of this filtrate twice a day for two days. The affected animal recovers completely from this treatment within 3 days. Nearly all the villagers of the village adopt the same method for treating diarrhoea in animals.
Etiology Causative Agent The virus responsible for FMD is an aphthovirus, foot-and-mouth disease virus. Infection occurs when the virus particle is taken into a cell of the host. The cell is then forced to manufacture thousands of copies of the virus, and eventually bursts, releasing the new particles in the blood. The virus is genetically highly variable, which limits the effectiveness of vaccination. FMD virus includes 7 serotypes namely O, A, C, Asia 1, SAT-1, SAT-2, SAT-3. Out of all serotype, serotype O is very common in India. Presently serotype O, A and Asia1 are prevalent.
Global Context Diarrhoea in calves spreads worldwide. It is more common in young animals than adult animals.
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments Norfloxacin and Tinidazole is found to be most effective treatment in bacterial and protozoal diarrhoea.
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Practice ID DTP0010000000177
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/2312
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