Practice Name:

Turning Sterile Bulls into Studs

Details

Category Veterinary Care
Scout HBN
Ingredients Cowhage (Mucuna pruriens) seeds
Innovator / Knowledge Provider Ramabhai Lallubhai Prajapati
City Banaskantha
KVK District Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Deesa
Address Danta, Banaskantha, Gujarat
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 385120
PAS 1 Perticulary don’t get any information on effect of Mucuna pruriens on bull fertility but get information on human. Treatment with M. pruriens significantly inhibited lipid peroxidation, elevated spermatogenesis, and improved sperm motility. Treatment also recovered the levels of total lipids, triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids, and vitamin A, C, and E and corrected fructose in seminal plasma of infertile men. Ahmad, M.K., Mahdi, A.A., Shukla, K.K., Islam, N., Jaiswar, S.P. and Ahmad, S., 2008. Effect of Mucuna pruriens on semen profile and biochemical parameters in seminal plasma of infertile men. Fertility and Sterility, 90(3), pp.627-635.
PAS 2 According to Shukla et al., (2010), Mucuna pruriens Reduces Stress and Improves the Quality of Semen in Infertile Men
Agro Ecological Zone Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia (2.3),Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII),North Gujarat zone and North -West (GJ-4, GJ-5)
Community Practices In pakistan listed plant have been used to treat prolaps of uterus and easy delivery in buffalo and cow, Cuminum cyminum, Ricinus communis, Citrus limon. Ch, M.I., Khan, M.A. and Hanif, W., 2006. Ethno veterinary medicinal uses of plants from Samahni valley dist. Bhimber,(Azad Kashmir) Pakistan. Sciences, 5(2), pp.390-396..
Practice ID DTP0010000002504
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/1875
Reference HBN database
Disease Description Many bulls fail to achieve normal fertility due to lameness/injury and while some of this may be unavoidable eg. musculoskeletal injury. (https://www.nadis.org.uk/disease-a-z/cattle/beef-herd-fertility/bull-fertility/ (Dated: 14/5/2020)).
Management Practices "Different parts of this plants Anethum graveolensLinn., Raynal, Gloriosa superba Linn., Pandanus fasicularis Lam., Trichosanthes cucumerina Linn., Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. Have been used to treat vulvo - vaginal - uterine - prolapse. (https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/140399/10/l-5%20b.pdf (Dated: 13/5/2020))
Technology Transfer Terms Licensing / Technical Support / Consultancy / Turn Key Project

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