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27214 Animal not taking waterFor animals who refuse to drink water, Smt Chellamal takes one coconut, 50 g dry chilli and a handful of salt. She mixes these well, grinds them and makes an extract. About 200 ml of the extract is administered orally to the cattle, twice a day. 27215 Animal not taking foodFor animals not taking food, Smt Chellamal takes two handful leaves of veeli (Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce), one coconut, 50 g onion and 10 g cumin seeds. She mixes these well to make a bolus, which is administered orally, on empty stomach, once a week.(Rathakrishnan, T. Traditional Agricultural Practices: Applications and Technical Implementations. New India Publishing, 2009.) 27216 Increasing milk productionAccording to Smt Chellamal, feeding the animal one kilogram of dried cow pea increases the quantity of milk production in them by 200-300 ml.Consumption of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) fodder by lactating Bunaji cows improved (P < 0.05) daily milk yield over the control by more than 30%. (Akinlade, J. A., Smith, J. W., et al. (2005). Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (JARTS), 106(2), 105-112.) 27217 Herbal bolus for animalsSmt Chellamal takes 500 g Pirandai (Cissus quadrangularisL.), a handful (each) of guava leaves, naval (Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels) and manjanathi (Morinda tinctoria Roxb.), and 50 g dried chilly with a fistful of salt. She mixes these well and grinds them to make a bolus. This bolus is then administered orally on empty stomach, once a week. It is beneficial for all digestive problems. Pirandai is beneficial for digestion (Srisook, K., Palachot, M., Mongkol, N., Srisook, E., & Sarapusit, S. (2011). Anti-inflammatory effect of ethyl acetate extract from Cissus quadrangularis Linn may be involved with induction of heme oxygenase-1 and suppression of NF-ºB activation. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 133(3), 1008-1014.) |
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Honey Bee 27(2) 14, 2016 |
