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4 Common Bamboo Rat Species in Vietnam

Raising bamboo rats is very attractive because of its high profits, while care and investment in barns are not too expensive. Bamboo rats are a popular rodent in Vietnam and some Southeast Asian countries. They are raised for meat, because bamboo rat meat is delicious and has high economic value. 1. HOARY BAMBOO RAT The largest bamboo rat species among the bamboo rat species raised in Vietnam. -Large size, adults reach weight 2-4kg. – Fur is silvery gray, belly is lighter. – Fast growth rate, each litter has 3-5 offspring. Advantages: – Easy to raise, adapts well to captivity. –..

Year End Party 2024 – Welcome Spring 2025 – Harmony Of Sound & Light

Closing the journey of 2024, on January 18, 2024, VB Pharma Corporation held the Year End Party 2024 to summarize the old year and welcome the New Year with new hopes. Year End Party 2024 is an annual event organized by VB Pharma, an event to close the journey full of efforts & success in the old year, also an occasion for everyone to look back on the past journey, express gratitude for contributions and look forward to a promising new year. Image of Year End Party 2024 The theme “Harmonization of Sound & Light” brought a space of brilliant,..

Ia Grai pig farm fire: Heartbroken by the disaster

About 5 minutes after the electrical short circuit, the exhaust fan and strong wind caused the fire to spread quickly in the pig farm of Mr. Hoang Van Tiep’s family (Lang village, Ia Chia commune, Ia Grai district, Gia Lai province). The fire killed 1,600 pigs and damaged many other valuable assets of Mr. Tiep’s family. The sudden disaster made him choke up. Mr. Tiep recounted in a daze: At about 4:05 p.m. on January 12, the power line in the farm suddenly caught fire. Initially, the fire was only the size of a tray, but about 5 minutes later,..

Tra Vinh: Pig farmers excited at the end of the year

According to our records, from the beginning of December 2024 until now, the price of live pigs has been relatively stable at a high level; pig farmers are quite excited about the current price of live pigs. In particular, the epidemic situation and diseases that pose a risk of causing great damage such as African swine fever; blue ear pig; foot and mouth disease; avian influenza… have been well controlled and have not occurred in recent months and pig farmers have been well prepared in disease prevention and control. Pig breeding is currently doing well, as piglet prices have increased..

Bringing Dong Tao chicken to the world market

Recognizing Dong Tao chicken as a typical product, over the past years, authorities at all levels of Hung Yen province have devoted many resources to preserving and developing the breed. Dong Tao commune currently has about 15,000 commercial chickens, serving the 2025 Lunar New Year market. (Photo: Manh Khanh/VNA) Dong Tao Commune, Khoai Chau District, Hung Yen Province, located next to the Red River dike, about 20 km from the center of Hanoi, is famous for raising big-footed chickens, chickens for the king. Many people here have become billionaires thanks to raising this rare and “unique” chicken breed. At the..

Farm in the US raises pigs for human organ transplants

(GLO)- A farm in Virginia, USA is developing genetically modified pigs to provide organs for transplants for humans, opening up hope for millions of patients. In order to solve the global shortage of organs for transplants, researchers at a farm in Virginia, USA are developing a special project: breeding genetically modified pigs to provide organs for transplants for humans. This project has opened up hope for millions of patients. Mr. David Ayares – President and Chief Scientific Officer of Revivicor Company said: “We use genetic modification technology to change pig cells, then clone them to create pigs with 10 genetic..

Pig prices remain high, farmers ‘win big’

The price of live pigs is still relatively high and is expected to continue to increase in the coming time. Many pig farmers are eager to sell pigs, promising a ‘warm Tet’ season when they earn hundreds of millions of dong in profits. “Call once and traders will buy everything” After 2 years of struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2023, Mr. Hoang Van Chung’s family (residing in Son Duong district, Tuyen Quang) dared to re-herd with a scale of about 500 sows and pigs, which has been maintained until now. Since the beginning of the year, the family..

Hanoi maintains a “hotline” to receive information about animal diseases

To proactively prevent and control cattle and poultry diseases, Hanoi maintains a hotline to receive information on animal and aquatic disease situations via phone number 024.33800115. Publicize addresses to receive disease declaration information at commune and district levels. Vice Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen has just signed and issued Plan No. 339/KH-UBND on preventing and controlling livestock, poultry and aquatic diseases in Hanoi in 2025. 024.33800115 is the phone number for receiving information on livestock and poultry diseases in Hanoi. The plan aims to proactively implement measures to prevent and control livestock, poultry and aquatic diseases with..

US suspends import of Mexican cattle after ‘flesh-eating’ parasite infection

The US decision to suspend imports only applies to Mexican live cattle, as Mexico is taking measures to prevent parasitic infections in livestock. On November 25, the Mexican government announced that the US had temporarily suspended imports of live cattle from the Latin American country after detecting cases of “spiral maggot” parasites from the carnivorous gray fly Cochliomyia hominivorax in the town of Catazajá, southern Chiapas state. A TTXVN reporter in Mexico quoted a statement from the government of this country saying that authorities of the two countries are working to implement measures to resume import and export activities. The..

New discovery about the risk of “mad cow” disease infection in humans

The abnormal protein (prion) that causes CJD, also known as “mad cow disease,” is not only found in the brain, as previously thought, but also on the skin of the patient. The results of a new study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine have raised concerns about the infectiousness of the disease. To obtain this result, experts conducted research based on skin samples of 38 patients who died of mad cow disease. A new, highly accurate technique was also applied to measure the level of prions in the diseased skin samples. The extracted prions showed the ability to infect..