Practice Name:

Increasing Milk Yield in Cattle

Category	Veterinary Care
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	The fruits of nalla jidi ginjaluor markingnut tree (Semecarpus anacardium), the roots of chettu veela (Algeria nervosa), roots of paradu teega(Algeria pylosa), Palm-jaggery, turmeric and vamu (Ajma).

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Documented by Dr S Vedavati
City	Tirupati
KVK District	RASS – ARKVK, Karakambadi post, Renigunta mandal chittor district -517001
Address	Tirupati ,Andhra Pradesh
Languages Spoken	Telugu
Vocation	Farmer
State	Andhra Pradesh
PIN Code	517001

PAS 1	"Maganbhai Khoont feeds the cattle with a mixture of cotton ball, dried beans of ‘desi baval’ (Acacia nilotica) and kernels of pearl millet. All these ingredients are boiled in water and the animal is fed with the boiled mixture at the time of milking. According to Maganbhai, the inner kernel from mango stone may also be added to the cattle feed to increase milk production (Honey Bee, 8(4):17, 1997)."
Agro Ecological Zone	Deccan Plateau, hot arid eco region (8.3)
Practice ID	KNW0010000000858
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1306
Reference	HBN database