Practice Name:

Cure in the Tail

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Cure in the Tail
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Disease Distribution

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Kanubhai Bharwad
City / District	Surendranagar
KVK District
Address	Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	363002

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PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs	In case of cold and fever, the animal keeps off fodder and tends to sit. Its nostrils run dry. The milk-yield of cows is reduced as also work-efficiency of bullocks. The body temperature of the animal goes up
Disease Description	In case of cold and fever, the animal keeps off fodder and tends to sit. Its nostrils run dry. The milk-yield of cows is reduced as also work-efficiency of bullocks. The body temperature of the animal goes up
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use	Kanubhai Bharwad takes the animal by its tail to cure it of cold and fever. He takes a mixture of 10 to 20-gram soya (Peucedanum graveolens) and 50 millilitre edible oil and heats it up. Apply the medicine inside the tail-end of the animal. Better still, dip the tail in the oily mixture. By this method, in three to four days, the animal will be cured of cold and fever. Many farmers in villages of Surendranagar district use this traditional practice
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Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000000322
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2371
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN