The Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) is set to launch an array of Ayurveda veterinary medicines meant to address various diseases in cattle. Milma’s new venture into medicines comes as part of its efforts to reduce the cost of milk production in the State.
Milma will launch eight Ayurveda medicines on Monday. Out of the 10 medicines it applied for sanction, Milma has got drug licence for eight. The most important among them is the medicine for mastitis or inflammation of cattle udder. The other medicines are for fever, diarrhoea, wounds, skin diseases, fleas, indigestion, and enhancement of milk production.
Milma chairman K.S. Mani said here that Milma turned to Ayurveda medicine production after conducting studies for several years. He said 20% of the cattle in Malabar were found to have been suffering from mastitis during the study.
