Current situation of beef cows in Dak Lak province
The survey was carried out at farmer households and farms in 8 communes of Krong Bong, Ea Kar, Krong Pak and M’Drak, Dak Lak province from May 2021 to Jun 2021 using PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) tools. Primary information is collected through direct interviews of farmers using a prepared questionaires. The results showed that: Cows in Dak Lak were mainly crossbred of Zebu (65.57%). Crossbred beef cows were 20.98% and Vang cows were 13.44%. The first age of insemination and the number of insemination per conception were average level (17.86 months and 1.42 times respectively) but the interval from calving to heating was long (101.45 days). Reproductive of cows decreased from Vang cows to crossbred of Zebu cows to crossbred beef cows when increasing the level of meat yield lead to decrease in fertility of cows. Reproductive disorders such as abortion, dystocia, endometritis were from 3.70% to 5.93%. Cows no heating after calving 90 days was 13.33% and repeat breeding (over three times) was 10.62%. Reproductive disorders in heifers were no heating after 24 months (13.66%) and repeat breeding over three times (9.76%).
