Shrimp farmers in Quynh Luu district are transmitting a folk method of using medicinal plants for shrimps to prevent diseases of the liver, intestinal tract ... bringing positive effects, increasing output clearly. remarkably.

Mr. Bui Luan in hamlet 9, Quynh Thanh commune is one of the shrimp farming households in the region that maintains well the use of medicinal herbs for disease prevention for shrimps. Mr Luan said that before, shrimp farming of the family often went beyond disease, hepatopancreas. This is a dangerous disease, easily lost to large breeds. Every time the shrimp gets sick, he uses western medicines, or herbal medicines, which are packed into boxes made by domestic companies. Each time such cost from 5 to 10 million but also not effective ...

So, for the past 3 years, Luan has been searching for plants such as climbing thorny, bare-hearted, barking ... to concentrate on mixing with food for shrimp regularly. This way he only spent less than 1 million VND / case, but the prevention was very good. Since the application until now, every crop on the area of ​​2 ha of Mr. Luan's family has always been successful, reaching 13 tons / ha.

For him Ngo Thang in Quynh Luong commune, in addition to the ceiling tree, climbing vines also use more dictionary plants, betel nut grass. The tree is dried, smashed and then mixed into boiling water, filtered with water mixed into daily rations to replace antibiotics.

Mr. Thang shared: The price of food and veterinary medicine has increased so the cost of raising shrimp is very high. Moreover, when using too many chemicals will lead to water pollution, pond bottom is polluted, shrimp are easy to generate diseases leading to premature shrimp causing economic damage. From that difficulty, I went to the medicinal plants to prevent and treat some common diseases for shrimp ...

Using these herbs all year round, he has greatly reduced the cost of raising. In particular, create clean, safe products, help consumers feel secure to use.

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The medicinal plants are grown by Quynh Luu people on their gardens. Photo: Hong Dien

In An Hoa commune, people also use herbs to prevent swelling, liver enlargement and weak intestinal disease. The whole commune has 40 hectares, with 80 households raising shrimp, over 70% apply this method.

Since using the medicinal plants, in An Hoa commune, there has been limited occurrence of diseases on farmed shrimp; Each year, the market is supplied with 800-1,000 tons of shrimp, earning tens of billions of dong.

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Using male medicinal plants in shrimp farming has helped increase productivity and create clean food sources.

According to farmers, when shrimp is 1 month old, once every 5 days, farmers will mix herbs and feed them, if they give daily feed, dilute with a lighter dose. As a result, shrimp disease control is very good, reducing investment costs, increasing profits; especially limit the abuse of chemicals and antibiotics banned for use in aquaculture.

Hot weather is very likely to erupt in diseases in shrimp farming areas, greatly affecting the end of crop productivity. Therefore, localities with shrimp farming areas in Quynh Luu district are promoting propaganda and mobilization so that 100% of farming households use herbal medicinal plants in shrimp farming. Thereby, aiming at a safe farming environment, creating a clean food source, becoming a reliable address for consumers when buying Quynh Luu shrimp.