Lakshmanbhai(53)is an illiterate farmer also engaged in livestock activities. He has been treating various livestock ailments for the past 30 years, which he has learnt from his father.

Bloat is a clinical condition wherein animals suffer from enlarged abdomen, pain, lack of motility of abdominal organs and respiratory distress.For treating bloatabout 125 ml of liquid preparation made from two herbal ingredients has to be fed to bloat affected animals once a day. During the validation, the medication showed significant impact by reducing abdominal girth, enhanced rumen motility from 30 minutes onwards and sustained such therapeutic function upto 2.5 hours among the treated goats, thereby indicating its efficacy.

The name(s) of the plant(s) used in the herbal medicationhave been withheld due to IP reasons.