Practice Name:

Foot and Mouth Disease

Details

Category Veterinary Care
Scout HBN
Ingredients An empty water pot (mud pot), the bark of the sisam or Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia sissoo) tree,a mug, dung cakes and water.
Innovator / Knowledge Provider Gambhirbhai S Vasava
City Bharuch
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Po-Chaswad, Tq.: Valiya, Distt. Bharuch-393130
Address Bharuch ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 392001
PAS 1 IN Kenya -Ethnoveterinary remedies of natural Soda ash solution (97% sodium bicarbonate), honey and finger millet flour were used to manage the FMD lesions. The lesions were washed with soda ash solution to remove the necrotic tissue after which raw honey and finger millet flour were applied to the cleaned lesions. The lesions were examined daily and those with necrotic material washed again with the Soda ash solution. Honey and finger millet flour were applied daily for three days. There was rapid healing of the lesions with the animals resuming feeding after three days. The fast healing of the lesions vindicates the use of these cheap, locally available and easy to apply products in the management of FMD lesions.
Agro Ecological Zone Central (Malva ) Highlands, Gujarat Plains and Kathiawar, Peninsula Ecoregion (5.2) ,Gujarat plains and hills region (XIII) ,South Gujarat Zone (GJ-2)
Practice ID KNW0010000000905
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1315
Reference HBN database
Disease Foot and Mouth Disease
Disease Description Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild bovids.[1][2] The virus causes a high fever lasting two to six days, followed by blisters inside the mouth and on the feet that may rupture and cause lameness.

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