Practice Name:

Ephemeral Fever in Animal.

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

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Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Bhikhbai Prabhuckas Mansi
City / District	Amreli
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Amreli
Address	Gundaran village of Litra taluka of Amreli district in Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	365220

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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	The cattle stop taking food, keeps seating at one place and its joints becomes stiff in advanced stages of fever. In such situation animal is not able to stand. This type of problem occurs because of the over excretion and drinking excess amount of water at a time.
Disease Description	The cattle stops taking food, keeps seating at one place and its joints becomes stiff in advanced stages of fever. In such situation animal is not able to stand. This type of problem occurs because of the over excretion and drinking excess amount of water at a time.
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use	To cure this fever, take 25 g of seed of bishop weed (Carum copticum), one gram of poison nut (Strychnos nux-vomica), ginger powder (Zingibar officinalis) and sodium bi carbonate and crush them together to powder. Soak this powder in water for one hour. Drench this mixture to animal at a time. Animal gets relief within seven hours. This disease is generally seen in old animals only. This is traditional method learnt from forefathers.
Etiology Causative Agent
Global Context	Ephemeral fever in livestock animals is spread worldwide. It is very common in young animal than adut animal
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments	In severe cases: 1) Anti-inflammatory drugs: NSAIDs. 2) Fluid therapy and calcium. 3) Broad spectrum antibiotics
Limitations of Approaches	Local availability of herbal ingredients, their parts in particular form, vehicle to use the preparations ;storage, induction of proper dosage, etc.
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000000454
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2414
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN