(Baonghean.vn) - Deer farming has been developed in Quynh Loc commune (Hoang Mai town) for more than 30 years. After many ups and downs, deer farming is now gradually stabilizing and bringing high economic profits.
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| Currently, Quynh Loc commune has 7/10 hamlets raising deer with a total herd of nearly 500 deer. Of which, hamlet 1 has the largest number of deer with 65 households raising deer, a total herd of about 250 deer, accounting for 50% of the total number of deer in the commune. |
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Mr. Bui Van Hau (Hamlet 1, Quynh Loc, Hoang Mai Town) is one of the leading households in raising deer in Quynh Loc Commune. He used to be a veterinarian so he has a lot of experience in taking care of deer. Raising deer has brought his family hundreds of millions of dong in income from selling deer antlers and baby deer. |
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| Antlers have sprouted on the heads of mature male deer. |
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| Each pair of deer antlers weighs about 1kg and costs more than 10 million VND. |
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| According to medicine, deer antlers are one of four precious medicines (ginseng, velvet antlers, cinnamon, and aconite) that have the effect of nourishing yang, kidneys, and marrow... Deer antlers are often used in cases of malnutrition, slow growth, and slow mental and physical development in children. |
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| A mother deer and her baby deer. The baby deer weighed 4kg when born and about 15kg when sold, priced from 5 to 15 million VND. |
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| Deer feed mainly on milkweed and leaves, which are easy to find and low cost. Deer farming is a traditional occupation of the people of Quynh Loc commune, suitable for the terrain and soil here. Currently, the locality is stepping up propaganda and promotion so that deer products have a more stable output. |
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