Practice Name:

Cure Diarrhoea in Farm Animals

Details

Category Veterinary Care
Scout HBN
Ingredients Indian hemp (Cannabis sativa) "bhang" drink, Jerusalem thorn plant (Parkinsonia aculeata)
Innovator / Knowledge Provider Hakabhai Ramjibhai Vatukiya
City Surendranagar
KVK District Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Nanakanthasar, Ta.-Chotila,Distt. Surendranagar-363520
Address Sayala
Languages Spoken Gujarati
Vocation Farmer
State Gujarat
PIN Code 360003
PAS 1 "To cure diarrhoea,Baria Ramsinghbhai powders 200 g each of the bank of Khakhro(Buteamonosperma), 'mahudo'(Mahuvalatifolia), and khair(Acacia catechu). Then some water is added and the solution is heated,cooled and allowed to stand overnight. Next morning it is filtered and two bowls are fed to the animal, once in the morning and once in the evening. This is done for two days to control the diarrhoea (Honey Bee, 8(2):14, 1997)"
Agro Ecological Zone Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3),Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII) ,North West Zone (GJ-5) North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
Community Practices "Dahyabhai of village Raiyali uses the powder of the seeds of Tamarindus indica to cure cattle of diarrhoea. A fine powder of 500 g of tamarind seeds is mixed with half the quantity of water and fed to the cattle. The mixture is administered for five or six days. This will cure diarrhoea (Honey Bee, 9(2):16, 1998)."
Practice ID DTP0010000003713
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/2162
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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