According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, early this morning, February 7, a strong cold spell affected some places in the northern mountainous region. From the night of February 7 to February 10, the North Central region turned cold, the lowest temperature in this cold spell in the North was generally 9-12°C, in mountainous areas 5-8°C, in high mountainous areas below 3°C in some places. In order to promptly cope with the severe cold weather and ensure the safety of livestock, localities and livestock households in the province have proactively implemented many measures to keep livestock healthy.
For many years, in addition to forestry development, cattle raising has also been the main source of income for Mr. Loan Van Vien's family (Na Lang village, Vo Ngai commune, Binh Lieu district). Therefore, whenever the weather turns cold, Mr. Vien's family proactively reinforces and uses tarpaulins to surround the barn; stores straw, corn, and rice bran as reserve food for the herd of cattle. At the same time, his family also regularly vaccinates the herd of cattle according to the instructions of the commune's veterinary staff.
Mr. Vien said: The temperature in the area is usually lower than other localities, so the family always closely monitors the weather. On days when the temperature drops below 12 degrees Celsius, in addition to stopping grazing, adding salt to increase metabolism and improve resistance, I also burn firewood to warm the barn area, helping the cows stay healthy.
According to statistics, Binh Lieu district has nearly 1,900 buffaloes, over 2,800 cows, about 3,000 pigs and more than 111,000 poultry of all kinds. Right from the beginning of winter, Binh Lieu district has focused on directing functional departments and offices to regularly update weather developments and provide timely information on the media so that all people know and proactively prevent and combat severe cold. At the same time, the district has also established working groups to go to villages, hamlets and neighborhoods to guide, inspect and urge the work of preventing and combating cold for people, livestock, poultry, aquaculture and crops, with special attention to villages and hamlets in mountainous areas.
Ms. Le Thi Thu Huong, Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Binh Lieu district, shared: These days, the district's agricultural sector is continuing to closely monitor the weather situation to have timely measures to prevent cold for livestock when there is severe cold.
To protect livestock during the cold and rainy days, Tien Yen district has also directed sectors, specialized units and localities to strengthen propaganda and instruct people on how to take care of livestock. In particular, the functional sector specifically requires livestock households to strengthen their barns, cover them to keep them warm, store food and organize the movement of free-range livestock to their pens to protect them from the cold.
Mr. Ngo Van Dai (Dong Dinh village, Phong Du commune, Tien Yen district) said: In the current weather, it is necessary to protect livestock from the cold, especially buffaloes. Because when it is cold, the buffaloes' legs often freeze, so with many years of experience and timely guidance from the commune's veterinary staff, we have used sacks and blankets to make coats, cooked warm porridge mixed with salt for the buffaloes, and burned more firewood to keep warm, thanks to that, the family's livestock is still healthy.
As for poultry flocks, it is noted that households have also proactively implemented cold-prevention work. In order to ensure that poultry flocks avoid diseases and have good resistance to withstand severe cold spells, Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong's family (Dam Thuy area, Thuy An ward, Dong Trieu city) has proactively surrounded the coop with tarpaulin, added warm water, warm garlic yeast and turned on heating lamps at night.
According to the assessment of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in recent years, the conditions and techniques of livestock farming in the province have been greatly improved, along with the work of preventing and combating cold for livestock in localities has become increasingly routine. On the other hand, before and during severe cold spells, the Department has also established many inspection teams to urge the implementation of work to prevent hunger, cold and epidemics in high-risk areas, mainly concentrated in the Eastern region. At the same time, the Department also requires veterinary staff at the grassroots level to speed up the vaccination progress for livestock and poultry to create active immunity and prevent the outbreak of diseases.
Ms. Chu Thi Thu Thuy, Head of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) said: The Department always closely monitors the warning bulletin and forecasts on the development of the cold spell to promptly inform and direct local authorities and people to proactively prevent it. Before and after the Lunar New Year 2025, the Department went down to directly inspect the cold prevention work for livestock in localities and disseminated experiences as well as the latest instructions of the industry so that localities could promptly respond to unusual changes in the weather. With the participation of the industry, local authorities and the initiative of the people, the damage to livestock in the province will certainly be minimized, ensuring safe livestock production in 2025.
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