Practice Name:

To Cure Pyrexia or Fever in Animals


Affected Animal Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name) Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy) Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular) Gai, Gau
Category Veterinary Care
Disease To Cure Pyrexia or Fever in Animals
Disease Attak Stage
Disease Common Name
Disease Group
Disease Distribution

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider Shanatuben Chudasama
City / District Amreli
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Amreli
Address Rayadi village in Rajula district Amreli in Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 360405

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 Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco- Region (5.3) , Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) ,Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra (GJ-6) South Saurashtra (GJ-7)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs When an animal suffers from simple fever or pyrexia due to any reason, its body temperature rises
Disease Description When an animal suffers from simple fever or pyrexia due to any reason, its body temperature rises.
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use To cure this, add 500 grams Sodium Chloride in 4 litres of water. Mix it well. Soak a clean cloth in the prepared sodium chloride solution. Drape the soaked cloth on the body of the affected animal. Repetitive measures bring down the temperature to normal. Apart from this feed the animal a decoction prepared from nagajiuna kalijeeri (Vernonia anthelmintica) and stembark of Neem (Azadirachta indica), which gives beneficial results. More than 25 per cent people in the village adopt this method. She learnt this method form her forefather.
Etiology Causative Agent
Global Context
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments Use antibiotics
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID DTP0010000000432
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Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/2406
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