Practice Name:

Diarrhoea in Calf

Details

Category Veterinary Care
Scout HBN
Ingredients Milk of cluster fig (Ficus glomerata), water, bamboo drenching pipe
Innovator / Knowledge Provider Gangarambhai Anajibhai Pawar
City Dang
KVK District Dangs (Waghai)
Address Dangs ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 394710
PAS 1 "Farmer Lakhabhai Becharbhai Khatana treat cattle having diarrhoea. For treating this condition, the respondent pounds "sudiya" vine and then administers 200 to 250 g of extracted juice by drench-pipe to the animal. The animal is relieved of diarrhoea if the medicine is drenched twice a day for two days. "
PAS 2 "Farmer Baria Haribhai Rumalbhai of district Panchamahal treat diarrhoea in animal. He using `dedhumari' (Ficus hispida). Roots of `dedhumari' (Ficus hispida) are crushed after washing, soaked in water for an hour and filtered through cloth. Between 100 and 200 g of the filtrate is administered to the animal. This treatment begins to take effect in a day and a coplete cure is effected in about 2-3 days (Honey Bee,4(2&3):22,1993)".
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) North Sahyadris and konkan coast hot humid eco sub region (19.1), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and Hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) South Gujarat heavy rainfall area (GJ-1)
Practice ID DTP0010000006266
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1595
Reference HBN database
Disease Diarrhoea
Disease Description Diarrhoea is a multifactorial disease entity that can have serious financial and animal welfare implications in dairy herds. It has been estimated that 75% of early calf mortality in dairy herds is caused by acute diarrhoea in the pre-weaning period.
Management Practices Norfloxacin and Tinidazole is found to be most effective treatment in bacterial and protozoal diarrhoea.

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