Practice Name:

Cure for Anoestrus

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

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Rambhai Hinjabhai Kadachh
City / District	Porbandar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Amreli
Address	Kadachh village in Mangrol taluka of Porbandar district in Gujarat.
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	362230

PAS_1	The healers administer a part of a local herb (name withheld due to IP reasons) to animals affected with anestrus. The animal shows signs of estrus in eight days. To validate the practice, some clinical conditions (Khumaji Badaji Kataviya, 2013)
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco Region
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs
Disease Description
Disease Control
Disease Prevention
Precautions
Procedure of Use	If the animal does not become oestrus, Rambhai Kadachh takes the roots of Indian tree spurge (Euphorbia neriifolia) and extracts a juice from it. This juice is drenched to the animal every evening for eight days. This turns the animal oestrus. Many farmers in Amreli district use this traditional practice.
Etiology Causative Agent
Global Context	Anestrus Disorder in livestock animals is spread worldwide.
Lesson Implication
Other Medications / Treatments
Limitations of Approaches
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000000525
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2515
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN