Livestock situation and common diseases of cattle raising in Ben Tre province

Abstract

This study was carried out from September to November, 2020 to identify the present livestock
situation and common diseases in cattle raising in Ben Tre province. The retrospective and crosssectional investigation methods were applied in this study to collect the primary and secondary data.
The studied results showed that the total cattle population raising in Ben Tre province increased
steadily from 2018 to 2020, approximately 1.65% per year. The main purpose of cattle farming was for
meat product (92.00%) with the herd size was less than 10 cattle per household (89.00%) and farming
experience of the farm owners was over 10 years (64.00%). The main cattle breeds raising in Ben
Tre were local breeds (86.00%). The traditional farming practice accounted for the major proportion,
such as using available feed resources (grass, straw) with mixed feed (59.00%) and the main drinking
water source for cattle was from drilled wells (62.00%). In Ben Tre province, the rate of vaccination
against foot and mouth disease and pasteurellosis in cattle was 91.00%; however, veterinary hygiene
application and biosafety practices in the cattle farms in Ben Tre were still limited. Pasteurellosis and
diarrhea syndrome were two important diseases in cattle raising in Ben Tre province.