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First Aid Treatment for Calves:
Deworming in Cattles: The calves must be provided with correct deworm tablets. From one and half months followed by one to two months deworming is necessary for calves.
Required herbal medicines:
| Cumin 15 g |
Basil leaves- 1 hand full |
| Mustard 10g |
Neem leaf -1 hand full |
| Tumeric-5g |
Pseudo stem juice-100g |
| Garlic 5 Nos. |
Bitter Gourd- 50 g |
| Pepper -5 Nos. |
Jaggery-150g |
Treatment: (oral)
Cumin, mustard and pepper are ground later the other ingredients are added along with jaggery and ground well. Tiny pellets are made, coated with salt (salt needed - 100 g) and rubbed at in the of the tongue of the calf. The entire pellets must be fed at one time.
Enteritis:
Loose stool along with foul-smelling are the symptoms of the disease. The dung will be stuck on the tail and hind legs. Dehydration occurs and the calf resembles to be week.
Herbal medicines and products needed for a one calf:
Mixture 1
| Poppy15 g |
Pepper -5 Nos. |
| Tumeric 5g |
Fenugreek- 15 |
| Tumeric-5g |
Pepper-5 Nos. |
| Asfoetida 5 g |
Cumin-10 |
Mixture 2
| Onion (small) 10 Nos. |
| Garlic -6 Nos. |
| Tamarind- 200 g |
| Jaggery (black)- 250 g |
The following items should be grind well.
Treatment: (oral)
Mix these two compounds and make into small pellets, and coat it with salt (salt needed - 100 g). Rub the pellets on the tongue of the calf and feed all the pellets at one time itself.
External parasite removal (Ectoparasites)
External parasites like lice, ticks, cow fly are found on the body of the cow. All thess parasites sucks the blood of the calf. Therefore this causes anemia in calf. Moreover, these are one celled, and spread from diseased ones to healthy ones. It is difficult to save the calf from parasite attack. So it is essential to prevent the attack of these parasites.
Herbal medicines and products needed:
| Aloe vera 200 g |
| Basil leaves 50g |
| Tulasi leaves-50g |
| Kuppai meni 50 g |
| Unni plant -50 g |
Grind the above mentioned ingredients.
Treatment (external application) :
The mixture is taken in a pot and 4 litre of water is to the mixture and it is boiled and the quantity is made to 1 litre and filtered. 100 ml is taken and sprayed on the body of the animal. NB:To diluted lime 100 g turmeric powder, 100 grams of Acorus is added and wiped on the walls of the cattle shed to reduce the parasite attack.
Source:
Professor and Head ,
Ethno Veterinary Herbal Training and Research Centre ,
Nancikkottai Road, Thanjavur - 613 006.
Phone Number: 04362-255462
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