Practice Name:

Bloat in Animal

Details

Category Veterinary Care
Scout HBN
Ingredients Roots of "khatiyo" creeper, water, drenching pipe
Innovator / Knowledge Provider Mansinghbhai Nathabhai Valvai
City Panchmahal
KVK District Krishi Vignyan Kendra,Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik. PIN 422 005
Address Santarampur
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 389001
PAS 1 "Farmer Kanubhai of Surendranagar cure bloat in animal by using jaggery & soap water. Treatment is done by first rubbing 1 kg jaggery on tongue of the affected animal and then administering 100 ml soapwater to the animal through a drench-pipe. This cures the animal of bloat."
Agro Ecological Zone Agro-Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Ghat and coastal plain hot humid (6.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Western plateau and hills region (IX), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Western Ghat Zone - ZARS, Igatpuri, Dist. Nashik Western Maharashtra Scarcity Zone (MH-6),- ZARS, Solapur Sub Montane Zone – ZARS, Kolhapur Plain Zone – ZARS, Ganeshkhind, Pune
Practice ID DTP0010000003415
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/2056
Reference HBN database
Disease Bloat
Disease Description Bloat is simply the build up of gas in the rumen. This gas is produced as part of the normal process of digestion, and is normally lost by belching (eructation). Bloat occurs when this loss of gas is prevented. There are two sorts of bloat. The least common type is gassy bloat, which occurs when the gullet is obstructed (often by foreign objects such as potatoes) or when the animal can’t burp (such as with milk fever or tetanus). The second type of bloat is frothy bloat, which happens as the result of a stable foam developing on top of the rumen liquid, which blocks the release of the gas. This is by far the most common form of bloat, and unlike gassy bloat, it is highly seasonal with peaks in the spring and autumn. This is because the foam is formed by breakdown products from rapidly growing forages (particularly legumes such as clover and alfalfa). These increase the viscosity (stickiness) of the rumen fluid and prevent the small bubbles of gas formed by rumen fermentation
Management Practices Rumenotomy

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