10th National Grassroots Innovation - 2019
Vishrambhai (73) undertakes agricultural labor activities for earning his livelihood. He also treats sick animals using herbs available in his vicinity and also travels inside forest to collect useful plants.
Bloat is a clinical condition wherein animals suffer from enlarged abdomen, pain, lack of motility of abdominal organs and respiratory distress.About 15g of this particular plant used by him has to be fed once for 2 days for goats for treating bloat. Treatment of naturally bloated goats with this medicamenttherapeutically cured bloat, which is evident by reduction in abdominal girthand enhancing rumen motility of bloated goats in1 hour duration of post treatment. This indicates that medicament is effective in treatment of bloat among clinically affected goat.
The name(s) of the plant(s) used in the herbal medicationhave been withheld due to IP reasons.
