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Cure for Emaciated Animal

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Cure for Emaciated Animal
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Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Setubhai Mafabhai Raval
City / District	Ahmedabad
KVK District	KrishiVigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Arnej – 382 230. Tel:02714-242028
Address	Nadishala village of Viramgam taluka in the Ahmedabad district of Gujarat.
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	382120

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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
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Procedure of Use	Setubhai Rawal is a matador of another kind. First of all, he does not use the red rag before the bull but a gunnysack. Neither does he aim at killing the animal to prove his own prowess, like the Spanish matador does with pomp, pageantry and publicity. He uses a couple of gunnysacks to restore an emaciated bull, buffalo or cow to normal health. In the gunnysacks he takes 100 gram Bishop weed (Carum copticum) and 50-gram black pepper (Piper nigrum). He then sets fire to the gunnysacks with its contents and exposes the emaciated animal to the smoke. In the rather opaque cure, the smoke that is emanated raises fangs of fire in the animal metabolism. Within two to three days, the animal gets relief from emaciation.
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Practice ID	DTP0010000000260
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2354
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