Poultry farming according to biosafety method

Over the past month, while many provinces in the Mekong Delta have suffered from recurrence of bird flu, the risk of spreading is still in control in An Giang. Poultry rearing has ensured that the province's poultry population is safe before the pandemic and good seed sources are maintained.

Effective model

Poultry farming by biosecurity method is a closed breeding model, applying technical advances. This model both brings high economic efficiency and ensures disease control and clean seed sources. Mr. Hang Tan Tai, in Hoa Long I, An Chau town, Chau Thanh district, one of the leaders of the model implementation, said: 'This is a centralized farming model with the purpose of managing the number of herds, according to monitor egg laying rate, number of feed and complete vaccination '.

Model of poultry farming according to biosafety method in An Giang.

After successfully piloting the first batch, from an area of ​​2,000m ² , Mr. Tai expanded the farming area to 2ha. In particular, the farm area of ​​the farm is 1 ha, including stables and grounds for ducks to rest, density of sparsely with a total of 4,000 heads; the rest is filter pond and wastewater treatment. Mr. Tai said: ' In order to implement a closed farming model successfully, the farm must be located far away from the residential area, at the same time, it must be combined with fish farming in the cellar, periodic water treatment with disinfectant, limited strangers enter the barn and disinfect the barn once a week '. In fact, over the past 3 years, Mr. Tai's duck flock has not once been transpired, the flock is maintained, the duckling is wrong. According to Mr. Tai's calculation, this model can also be used for commercial duck farming in the form of semi-industrial sale in 4 times of the year, or in 2 batches during the year. This approach can control the disease situation, limit risks, save workers and not depend on the season. The model brings economic results: profit of nearly 6,000 VND / duck meat and 93,000 VND / laying duck.

Mr. Trinh The Thanh, Phu Thanh hamlet, An Binh commune, Thoai Son district, also applied this farming method. He said: ' I divided the area of ​​3,500m ² into 2 parts: the pond part for the duck bath is about 2,500m ² , the remaining 1,000m ² is the barn. However, it is necessary to select good breeds and fully vaccinate according to the State's regulations, stocking fish in ponds, and cleaning cages carefully. From 2003 up to now, breeding ducks are still healthy, giving birth wrongly and without epidemics '. If preliminary, with a total of 1,300 super-duck ducks, Mr. Thanh earns over VND 90 million per year.

According to Phan Thanh Binh, in Tra Su village, Nha Ban town, Tinh Bien district, the most important thing when applying a closed livestock model is to ensure hygiene . Therefore, it is necessary to have a large soil for pond filtration when added to and sedimented and carefully treated waste water before being discharged into the environment. With an area of ​​2ha, Mr. Binh has raised 2,500 super meat ducks for laying eggs in combination with fish farming in ponds. Last year, he earned over 200 million VND from 2 fish harvests. And the duck flock gives him over 355 million dong of interest.

Pham Thi Hoa, Deputy Director of An Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said: 'Initially, these households have contributed to protecting and maintaining the breeding herd. The closed livestock model will be a new development direction to maintain poultry flocks, control bird flu and will be a typical way of developing poultry breeding in the province when it is intended to re-herd.

Replication

In the past few days, when the bird flu epidemic broke out strongly in the Mekong Delta, the flocks of ducks applying the biosecurity method in An Giang are still safe and the ducks continue to grow well. This shows the effectiveness of the model. Ms. Pham Thi Hoa, Deputy Director of An Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said: ' Huynh Gia Huy De Company in Ho Chi Minh City has surveyed all provincial pilot models and will cover output for quality guaranteed ducks. The problem is the ability to replicate the model and the investment of the people '. True to Mrs. Hoa's assessment, at present, with a herd of over 2.8 million children, of which more than 86% are ducks, An Giang is one of the provinces with the largest herd in the Mekong Delta. However, the size of each group is small, more than 87% of households follow the way of running copper to take advantage of food in the harvest season. These are poor households, no productive land or small land, can not invest in the implementation of closed livestock model. Currently, the province has only about 13% of the total number of farmers able to apply a closed farming model.

According to Pham Thi Hoa, the main goal of a closed livestock model is to help convert the practice of raising copper ducks, small-scale breeding scattered to industrial or semi-industrial poultry farming, with State management. At the same time, apply technological advances in breeds, procedures for care, nurture, disease prevention, management of breeding farms, environmental protection, combining poultry breeding with slaughtering and product processing. and supply products to the market. According to the plan, this year, each district in the province will build 2 models according to biosafety methods and strive to have 50% of small households participating in this model by 2008.

To replicate the model, the province will support the cost of environmental impact assessment, poisoning and disinfection funding for participating households. Support 100% of the cost of testing avian influenza for breeding herds of establishments participating in the model. Training on technology transfer and livestock farm management. Information to promote poultry breeding and seed production facilities to meet quality standards, disease safety and environmental sanitation. At the same time, there is a plan to coordinate with banks to support people to borrow investment capital. In addition, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of An Giang province also has specific regulations on the safe distance between livestock farms and residential areas, methods to ensure environmental hygiene .

According to statistics of An Giang agriculture, currently the province has about 200 duck raising households with scale from 100 to 6,000 heads, over 100 private duck hatcheries. In which, there are 49 establishments producing commercial ducks with the quantity of about 1.2 million breeds / year and if the maximum production can increase the total to 6.5 million. Ms. Pham Thi Hoa said: 'Currently, there are 70 households registering to participate in poultry raising according to biosafety method but the province will select and deploy about 20 households. By 2008, the model will be replicated to contribute to controlling bird flu, increase economic efficiency and ensure high sustainability for the livestock sector. ' Good application of a closed livestock model will ensure that poultry farmers in An Giang continue to develop their careers.

Post, photo: BINH NGUYEN