This issue (supplement) of LRRD hosts the majority of the research papers from the Master of Science theses awarded in 2007 by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) as part of the Regional Project of
MEKARN (Research Cooperation For Livestock-Based Sustainable Farming Systems In The Lower Mekong
Basin) financed by SidaSAREC. They reflect the overall strategy of the MEKARN project to develop sustainable
systems of livestock production emphasizing the use of resources available on farms in the SE Asia region.
Contents
Papers:
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Study on the effect of harvesting frequency on cassava foliage for cassava hay production and its nutritive value; A Phengvilaysouk and M Wanapat
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Effect of coconut oil and cassava hay supplementation on rumen ecology, digestibility and feed intake in swamp buffaloes; A Phengvilaysouk and M Wanapat
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Survey of taro varieties and their use in selected areas of Cambodia; Pheng Buntha, Khieu Borin, T R Preston and B Ogle
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Digestibility and nitrogen balance studies in pigs fed diets with ensiled taro (Colocasia esculenta) leaves as replacement for fish meal; Pheng Buntha, Khieu Borin, T R Preston and B Ogle
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Effect of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) leaf silage as replacement for fish meal on feed intake and growth performance of crossbred pigs; Pheng Buntha, Khieu Borin, T R Preston and B Ogle
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Survey on the utilization of local foliage species for goats in Xaythanee district, Vientiane City; Kongmanila Daovy, T R Preston and Inger Ledin
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Selective behaviour of goats offered different tropical foliages; Kongmanila Daovy, T R Preston and Inger Ledin
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The effect of cutting interval on foliage yield
and chemical composition of Tropical Kudzu
(Pueraria phaseoloides)
cultivated as cover-crop in rubber plantation; Nguyen Van Hiep, Hans Wiktorsson and Ngo
Van Man
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The effect of molasses
on the quality of Kudzu silage and evaluation of feed intake
and digestibility of diets supplemented with Kudzu silage or Kudzu hay by
heifers; Nguyen Van Hiep, Hans Wiktorsson and Ngo
Van Man
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Effect of intercropping on
biomass yield and chemical composition of cassava; Suphawat Joomjantha
and Metha Wanapat
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Effect of supplementation with
tropical protein-rich feed resources on rumen ecology, microbial protein
synthesis and digestibility in swamp buffaloes; Suphawat
Joomjantha and Metha Wanapat
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Effects of supplementation with rumen fermentable
carbohydrate and sources of 'bypass' protein on feed intake,
digestibility and N retention in growing goats fed a basal diet of
foliage of Tithonia diversifolia; Khamparn Pathoummalangsy and
T R Preston
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Effect of fertilization with biodigester effluent on
substrates of fruit waste or fermented fish waste, each mixed with
pig manure, for growth of larvae from house flies; Phounvisouk Latsamy and T R
Preston
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Fly larvae, earthworms and duckweed as feeds for
frogs in an integrated farming system; Phounvisouk Latsamy and T R
Preston
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Ensiling leaves of Taro
(Colocasia esculenta (L.) Shott) with sugar cane
molasses; Chittavong Malavanh, T R
Preston and Brian Ogle
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Effect of replacing soybean meal by a mixture of
taro leaf silage and water spinach on reproduction
and piglet performance in Mong Cai gilts; Chittavong Malavanh, T R
Preston and Brian Ogle
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Effect of replacing soybean meal with a mixture of
Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.)Schott) leaf silage and water
spinach on apparent digestibility in Mong Cai gilts at two stages of gestation;
Chittavong Malavanh, T R Preston and Brian Ogle
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A field investigation of performance and economic efficiency of
working buffaloes in the Mekong Delta; Pham Tan Nha, Nguyen Van Thu and T R Preston
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Effects of different levels and sources of crude
protein supplementation on feed intake, digestibility and nitrogen retention in
swamp buffaloes compared to local cattle; Pham Tan Nha, Nguyen Van Thu and
T R Preston
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Digestibility and N-retention in crossbred pigs of diets with
water spinach or water spinach mixed with mulberry leaves as
protein sources in basal diets of cassava root meal plus rice bran,
or sugar palm syrup plus broken rice; Chiv Phiny, B Ogle, T R Preston and Khieu Borin
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Growth performance of pigs fed water spinach or water spinach
mixed with mulberry leaves, as protein sources in basal diets of
cassava root meal plus rice bran or sugar palm syrup plus broken
rice; Chiv Phiny, B Ogle, T R Preston
and Khieu Borin
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Survey on feed utilization for cattle production in Takeo
province; Keo Sath, Khieu Borin and T R Preston
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Effect of levels of sun-dried cassava foliage on
growth performance of cattle fed rice straw; Keo Sath, Khieu Borin and T R Preston
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Effect of different protein levels derived from mixtures of water spinach
and fresh sweet potato vines in basal diets of broken rice or cassava root meal
and rice bran for growing pigs; Thim Sokha, T R Preston
and Khieu Borin
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Study on ruminal degradability of local plants by using nylon bag
technique; Kanpukdee Suchitra and Metha Wanapat
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Effects of mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) peel and sunflower and
coconut oil supplementation on rumen fermentation, milk yield and milk
composition in lactating dairy cows; Kanpukdee Suchitra and Metha Wanapat
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Performance of young cattle fed rice straw sprayed with mixture
of urea and molasses supplemented with different levels of cassava
leaf meal; Ho Thanh Tham, Ngo Van Man and T R Preston
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Estimates of protein fractions of various heat-treated feeds in
ruminant production; Ho Thanh Tham, Ngo Van Man and T R Preston
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Evaluation of head lettuce residue and Mimosa pigra as foliages for rabbits compared to Ruzi grass: Effect on growth performance and production costs on-farm; Supharoek Nakkitset, Choke Mikled and Inger Ledin
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