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Dr Stefan Gorzula is a herpetologist and environmental consultant who has
worked twice in Vietnam. During a visit in 1995, Stefan visited reptile breeding
centres in southern Vietnam. This photoessagy includes information on Dong Tam
Snake Farm near My Tho and Bao Ngu Crocodile Breeding Farm in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Location: Southern Vietnam
Date: June-October, 1995
Credit: Stefan Gorzula
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The Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (Ministry of Public Health) on Yersin Street
in Hanoi. The view is from Pasteur Park. Macaque monkeys, are brought to this centre for
vaccine production. Kidneys are cultured to produce the vaccine. Vietnam is now
developing expertise in biotechnology which may outmode this method of vaccine production.
Location: Hanoi
Date: February 1993
Credit: Vern Weitzel
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These two photos are from the holding cage of the Institute of
Hygiene and Epidemiology (Ministry of Public Health) on Yersin Street,
Hanoi. These stump-tailed macaques Macaca arctoides are used
in the production of tuberculosis vaccines. While some animals were
collected from the forest, most are bred at Animal Breeding Center No.2
(known as "Monkey Island"). Please see Vu Ngoc Thanh and V Weitzel,
Primate Breeding for Vaccines in Vietnam.
describing a visit to this facility on 10-11 March 1993.
Location: Hanoi
Date: 20 February 1993
Credit: Vern Weitzel
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Deer are bred for their antlers by families in
north central Vietnam. Those animals are usually kepts for many years
in small sheds attached to the family house. This is a photo of sambar
deer Cervus unicolor deer from a commercial antler breeding facility
at the entrance to Cuc Phuong National Park, 80 km South of Hanoi.
Sika deer Cervus nippon are also bred at this facility.
Deer antler velvet has a high hormone content, brings a good profit and does
not normally harm the animals. Antler is worth over $100 per kilogram.
New Zealand, Australia and Canada are among the nations which also produce
and export antler velvet. Medical researchers in Australia are have studied the
effectiveness of velvet-based pharmaceuticals in treating arthritis and rheumatism.
Venison is currently a less important use for deer in Vietnam.
Location: Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province
Date: 3-4 February 1993
Credit: Vern Weitzel
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This is a series of photos of a snake and turtle farm an hour's drive
from Hanoi. Prof Cao Van Sung asked me to accompany him as he advised
a village business on animal breeding.
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Location: (then) Hai Hung Province
Date: 3 March 1993
Credit: Vern Weitzel
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This is a series of photos from 18-4 Khanh Hoa Company which
specialises in breeding primates in caned facilities near Nha Trang
and free ranging on offshore islands nearby.
Please see V Weitzel,
Primate Breeding Centre at Nha Trang, Vietnam.
describing a visit to this facility.
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Location: Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province
Date: 25-28 February 1993
Credit: Vern Weitzel
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