Practice Name:

Curing Cough in Animals

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Curing coughin Animals
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Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Rasulbahi Musebahi 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	"Kasnabhai of district Banaskantha treat cough in cattle with the help of "hargu" tree bark, "aankol" (Alangium salvifolium) bark, arugula (Eruca sativa) grass and spine gourd (Momordica dioica) root. For treatment, 100 g "hargu" tree bark, 100 g "aankol" (Alangium salvifolium) bark, 50 g arugula (Eruca sativa) grass and 50 g spine gourd (Momordica dioica) root - these four ingredients are powdered using a pounding stone or mortar. Then 500 g water is added to the powder and stirrred well to make a solution. Thereafter, the solid particles are taken out of the solution and the remaining medicine is drenched to the affected animal twice daily for three days. This will cure bloat in animal."
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	In cases of extreme cough in an affected animal, repeated coughing causes extreme salivation and frothing from the mouth. The animal also loses appetite and does not eat fodder.
Disease Description	In cases of extreme cough in an affected animal, repeated coughing causes extreme salivation and frothing from the mouth. The animal also loses appetite and does not eat fodder.
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Procedure of Use	To cure cough, 500 grams root of Brinjal (Solanum melongena) are crushed and added to 2 litres of water. Mix well and boil the mixture for half an hour. After it cools down feed 250 ml of the mixture twice a day to the affected animal orally with the help of a drencher for 4 days. The animal will be completely recovered from the cough within one week.
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Practice ID	DTP0010000000181
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2313
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