Practice Name:

Cure for Ephemeral Fever

Details

Category Veterinary Care
Scout HBN
Ingredients Urine of cows, leaves of vellaikundumani(Abrus precatorius), and veliparuthi(Pergularia daemia) urine of bullocks, kanja(Cannabis sativa), jaggery, raw rice, field bean seeds, black gram and horse gram
Innovator / Knowledge Provider Documented by Tamil Version of Honey Bee
City Cumbum
KVK District Gandhigram Rural University KVK, Gandhigram, Dindigul Dt.
Address Cumbum ,Tamil Nadu
Languages Spoken Tamil
Vocation Farmer
State Tamil Nadu
PIN Code 625520
PAS 1 "Control of Bovine Ephermal fever"https://veterinaryresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13567-015-0262-4
Agro Ecological Zone Eastern Ghats (Tamil Nadu uplands and south eastern sahayadris) and Deccan plateau, hot semiarid eco-sub region (8.1)
Community Practices "Sahu mixes three to four egg yolks in about 200 millilitres of mustard oil and applies the mixture on the bodies of the affected cattle. He claims that the cattle are relieved of the fever within eight to 10 hours of completing the treatment. "(Honey Bee, 14(2):9, 2003). "Amaruben H Baurya treat emphemeral fever in animal. About 100 g of garlic pods are crushed and the crushed garlic (Allium sativum) should be smeared on the animal's body twice a day for two days. This causes the ephemeral fever to subside faster." (HB3(2) 1992, p.21, HB(3,4) 1992, p.20 and HB6(4) 1995 p.13)
Practice ID KNW0010000000711
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1283
Reference HBN database
Disease Ephemeral fever
Disease Description It is an arthropod transmitted disease of cattle and water buffalo that spans tropical and subtropical zones of Africa , Australia, the middle east and Asia.From the enzootic sites the disease extends intermittently into temparate zones, causing epizootics of variable severity. The disease has not been reported in North or South America or in Europe. Several closely related viruses can infect cattle, but do not cause disease.
Management Practices Vaccination, anti-inflammatry drugs

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