Un élevage de grenouilles-taureaux aux Philippines

Abstract

Breeding of bull-frogs (Pana castebeiana) in the Philippines. The importations of frogs in the European Economic Community are worth 20-40 millions ECU yearly ; Asia is the most important area of supply. Frog breeding is difficult and nearly all the trade is based on gathering in the wild. The article gives some information on a commercial frog farm near Manila in the Philippines, where the bull-frog initially imported from U.S.A. is bred. The whole production cycle is controlled. This enterprise could serve as a model for edible African species, which are much doser to our green European frogs.

Keywords

• Frog farming
• Rana catesbeiana
• Bull
• frog
• Breeding
• Philippines