Practice Name:

Cure for Fever


Affected Animal Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name) Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy) Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular) Gai, Gau
Category Veterinary Care
Disease Cure for Fever.
Disease Attak Stage
Disease Common Name
Disease Group
Disease Distribution

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Lalubhai Motibhai Vaghela
City / District Ahmedabad
KVK District KrishiVigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Arnej – 382 230. Tel:02714-242028
Address Bhadiyaad (peer) village in Dhandhuka district Ahmedabad in Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 382463

PAS_1 "To control fever, Shankarbhai Kharkutiya takes 200 gram onion (Allium cepa) bulbs and crushes them. Then he adds seven to eight seeds of white emetic nut (Peucedanum graveolens). This mixture is administered to the animal through a tube. The animal generally gets cured within five days."
PAS_2
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
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use If an animal in his farm is suffering from fever/pyrexia, Lalubhai Vaghela makes a liniment from 100 grams sesame oil (Sesamum indicum) and four spoons of common salt. This liniment should be rubbed on the body of the animal twice a day for five days. The animal is cured of fever and back to normal health.
Etiology Causative Agent
Global Context
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments Use antibiotics
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID DTP0010000000397
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/2389
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