| Category | Veterinary Care |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Pearl millet, oil. |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Rukhiben Shankarbhai Patel |
| City | Ahmedabad |
| KVK District | KrishiVigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Arnej – 382 230. Tel:02714-242028 |
| Address | Bantai village of Viramgam taluka in the Ahmedabad district of Gujarat |
| Languages Spoken | Gujarati |
| Vocation | Farmer |
| State | Gujarat |
| PIN Code | 382120 |
| PAS 1 | The healers administer a part of a local herb (name withheld due to IP reasons) to animals affected with anestrus. The animal shows signs of estrus in eight days. To validate the practice, some clinical conditions (Khumaji Badaji Kataviya, 2013) |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Western plain, kachchh and part of kathiawar peninsula, hot arid eco-region (2.3) ,Coastal Plains and Hills (XIII),Bhal and Coastal area (GJ-8) 14.26% North Gujarat ( GJ-4) 19.87% North west zone (GJ-5) 36.38 North Saurashtra (GJ-6) 29.49 |
| Community Practices | "For treating this condition, i.e., to bring the animal in heat, Lakhmanji of village Karoda, district Patan of Gujarat believes that feeding the animal four betel (Piper betle) leaves daily for 21 days helps generate sexual heat in animal and it conceives." |
| Practice ID | DTP0010000000258 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/2353 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Disease | Anoestrus in Animal |
| Disease Description | If cows and buffalos of three to four years of age do not come to mate with the male of the animal, the condition is called anoestrus. It will be a loss for the farmer for he will be denied milk supply despite expenditure on the animal. |
| Management Practices | Surgical management of anestrus |
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