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Mahipatsih M. Gadhvi |
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| Address |
Muwada, Taluka: Mahemdabad, |
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| District |
Kheda. |
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Gujarat |
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| Title |
Stomach worms in calves |
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| Details |
Mahipatsih uses a powder crushed seperately with few leaves of pomegranate, 50 grams bam (Balco moniary), 50 grams pearl millet, 50 grams fenugreek seeds, 50 grams mustard, 25 gram ajmo (Trachy-spermum ammi) and 50 grams of black pepper. He mixes them together and soaks in one litre water for 12 hours. He boils the water till it is reduced to half, filters and stores it in a clean glass bottle. He gives 100 ml of the solution to the affected calf for two days before it is allowed to suck milk. Within two days the calves excretes dead worms. It stops licking soil and starts eating grass.
For similar practices see Honey Bee 4(2&3): 6,1993, 4(3): 6,1993, 8(1): 11, 1997, 5(3): 14, 1994,5(4): 19,1994; 10(3): 17, 1999; 7(1): 7, 1996, 8(2): 9,1997, 9(2): 8, 1998, 10(3): 8,1999 on practices for preventing intestinal worms. |
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| Volume No. |
Honey Bee, 14(3): 6, 2003 |
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| Call Number |
14302 |
