Breeding increase number for lunar New Year festival

 

According to statistics, Khanh Hoa Province has 1.8 million chickens, 940,000 ducks and gooses, 218.400 fowls, 88,250 buffaloes and cows,  166,128 pigs, etc.

Cam Ranh City has about 12,000 buffaloes and cows, 5,800 pigs, and 180,000 poultries. According to Nguyen Binh Nhat, economic official of the city, the breeding in Cam Ranh has increased number by 20% - 25% over normal, mainly in Cam Phuoc Dong, Cam Thanh Nam, Cam Thinh Dong, and Cam Nghia. Poultries have larger increase in number because breeding time is shorter than others. Inoculation for domestic animals have also been done well.

 

In Cam Lam District, breeding has risen number gradually from September. Till end November, poutries in the district hit 750,077, increasing by 10%. A raiser named Le Quy Danh, in Cam Thanh Bac Commune, said, “Normally, I raise about 3,000 chickens. Two weeks ago, I bought 2,000 more chickens. Then, my flock has 5,000 chickens now. All my neighborers increase their flocks. These chickens are expected to sell from the 15th day of the 12th lunar month. A chicken is selling at VND65,000 – VND70,000/kg.”

 

 

 

In Ninh Hoa and Van Ninh, the districts suffering much damage by the storm Damrey, breeding can’t be as much as previous years though some raisers have also increased breeding. According to Nguyen Ngoc Trung, assitant manager of Van Ninh District Breeding and Veterinary Clinic, the district has nearly 15,000 buffaloes and cows, nearly 10,000 pigs, and over 103,000 poultries. In comparion with the figures before the storm, the number rate is about 69% - 75%. 

 

In the whole province, poultry number has risen by 10% - 20%. Raisers haven’t increase the number of cattle because their prices are falling. According to Nguyen Luong Thao, assitant manager of the provincial Veterinary Agency, inoculation has been done on 80% of the livestock. 

 

Ha Phong

 

Translated by T.T