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Ninh thuan11 gaurs in Phuoc Binh National Park will be fattened and restored with fresh corn and grass in the coming days.
“We asked people to buy more corn, grass and cattle bran to revive the cows,” said Nguyen Nhu Chuong, director of the Lam Dong Center for the Application of Science and Technology, which is temporarily run by Gaur – report with VnExpress September 29 in the morning.
According to Mr. Chuong, after finishing the project “Exploitation and development of rare cow genetic resources in the area adjacent to 3 provinces of Ninh Thuan – Lam Dong – Khanh Hoa”, in June 2019, the gaur herd in the Phuoc Binh test farm (Bac Ai district, Ninh Thuan province) is assigned to your agency to temporarily manage.
As a non-commercial unit, the operating budget is difficult, but the center has to spend more than 10 million VND per month to hire someone to look after, buy straw, and sometimes buy a little more bran for the cows during the last year.
Gaur’s herd is run by Mr. Nguyen Dinh Tich. Image: Viet Quoc.
This morning, the center transferred almost 21 million dong to Mr. Nguyen Dinh Tich, who was hired to take care of the gaur farm. Mr. Tich said that this is the amount he advanced, which includes: salary for 2 months of camping, electricity and straw in the last 3 months.
Mr. Nguyen Cong Van, Director of Phuoc Binh (Ninh Thuan) National Park, said that as of this morning, the specialized agency in Lam Dong province has not been contacted to make a specific plan to deliver the gaur herds to the Park. This family.
However, in the face of the depletion of the rare F1 gaur herd as reflected, Phuoc Binh National Park is meeting to discuss and consider the plan to pay in advance to buy food and medicine to restore their health. .
In 2019, bulls constantly returned to the Bac Ray village highland area to attack domestic bulls, gaining the right to mate with local cows. More than 20 gaurs were born with the same stature and wild characteristics as the father (he died in 2014).
10 F1 animals (5 males, 5 females) were acquired by the government as research projects for the genetic development of the F2, F3 generations … creating a new direction for the livestock industry. So far, 5 females in the herd have yet to reproduce. In particular, a wandering male, accidentally mating with a domestic cow, gave birth to another female. This F2 was also acquired from the people, it merged into 11 children like today.
A herd of lean cows at the Phuoc Binh test farm on September 28. Video: Viet Quoc.
This herd of gaurs has been evaluated by scientists as a rare genetic source. But during the past year, when the research project ended, they were “abandoned”, in the barn they could only eat straw and drink water. Recently, because no money was sent to caregivers, a child ate less than a roll of straw a day, leading to bone disease.
On the topic of research to develop the precious genetic resources of this gaur herd, on September 26, Adjunct Professor Dr. Le Xuan Tham, Former Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Lam Dong Province (Project Director) said it is not possible. What to say about the results of the project because there are still many complicated issues, it is necessary to wait for more research projects.
And engineer Vo Thi Quynh, officer of Research and Transfer Department (Lam Dong Province Science and Technology Application Center), a participant in this topic said that he has only participated in the later stage (about the year past), you should also “not dare to talk about the research project in general.”
Viet Quoc
