More than 400 buffalo, cows and pigs in Nghe An froze to death
(Baonghean.vn) - Prolonged cold weather in mountainous districts has caused 411 buffaloes and cows of Nghe An people to die due to the cold.
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| Severe cold in recent days has caused hundreds of buffaloes and cows in the mountainous area of Nghe An to freeze to death. Photo: PV |
From January 7 to now, in the mountainous districtsNghe AnThe temperature dropped, some places below 0 degrees Celsius, especially in some areas there was frost and snow, affecting people's lives, especially the cold weather caused hundreds of people's livestock to die.
According to the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, as of January 15, in Nghe An, 411 buffaloes, cows, pigs... were infected.freeze to death. Of which, 91 buffaloes, 81 cows, 177 calves, 41 pigs and 21 goats. (Ky Son 69; Que Phong 260; Con Cuong 79 and Quy Chau 3).
Faced with the situation of livestock dying due to cold and the weather in the coming days being expected to be extremely cold, local authorities have actively encouraged people to implement solutions to prevent hunger and cold for livestock. Mr. Tho Ba Re - Vice Chairman of the People's CommitteeKy Son districtsaid that when livestock died due to cold, the district People's Committee established inspection teams to the grassroots level, showing that people still let their buffaloes and cows roam freely in the forest. Thereby, authorities at all levels mobilized people to bring their livestock back to the barn and implement solutions to prevent hunger and cold.
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| People in Muong Long commune, Ky Son district light a fire to keep cows warm during the cold days. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
Mr. Ngo Duc Quynh - Deputy Head of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine recommends: In the condition of prolonged cold weather, in addition to bringing livestock home to confine and covering barns, people need to proactively source food for buffaloes and cows in the winter.
For green fodder, it is necessary to plant grass, sow corn thickly, and plant forage crops on unused land to provide green fodder for livestock during the cold and rainy months at the end of the year.
Use agricultural by-products as food in winter such as straw, sugarcane leaves, cassava residue, pineapple residue, wild banana tree residue... mixed with bran and salt (2 - 3% salt) for cattle to eat.
To store food, ferment the food by chopping and drying the ingredients, then mix them in the following ratio: 100kg of grass + 5-10kg of corn flour or rice bran + 0.5kg of salt, then mix the ingredients. After fermenting in a bag or pit for 1 month, it can be taken out to feed the livestock.
Prepare concentrated feed (corn flour, cassava, rice bran...), minerals, and vitamins to provide enough for livestock during cold days.