16 Aug. 2001

Arrival of participants, accommodation at Hoang Long Hotel; Nam Thang Long road, Xuan Dinh, Tu Liem, Hanoi Vietnam

Tel: 84-8 36 75 10/ 836 25 12

17 Aug. 2001

First day of workshop

8.00-8.30

Registration of participant

Session 1

Opening ceremony

Chairmen

Dr. Nguyen Dang Vang; Dr. Charan Chantalakhana

8.30-8.40

Introduction

Dr. Le Viet Ly

8.40-8.50

Opening speech

Dr. Nguyen Dang Vang

Director of National Institute of Animal Husbandry-Hanoi

8.50-9.00

Welcome speech

Dr. Luu Trong Hieu; Regional SAREC coordinator

Chairmen

Dr. Nguyen Dang Vang; Dr. Charan Chantalakhana

9.00-9.30

Buffalo Development in Vietnam – Constraints and prospects.

Dr. Le Viet Ly, National Institute of Animal Husbandry

9.30-10.10

Changes of cattle an buffalo production in Village farming systems and their long-term impacts on Buffalo raising

Dr. Charan Chantalakhana, Thailand

10.10-10.30

Tea break

Session 2

Chairmen

Dr. Le Viet Ly; Dr. C.Devendra

10.30-10.50

The Situation of Buffaloes raising in smallholder farmers and their production in Cambodia

Dr. Chhum Phith,. L

10.50-11.20

Past, present and future trend of buffalo in Laos -challenges in buffalo life: live or dead.

Dr. Bounthong Bouahom

11.20-11.40

Some concept of the TCP Project Proposal on Swamp Buffoloes in the Region.

Dr. D. Hofmann  FAO – JAPA

11.40-12.00

Discussion

12.00-13.30

Lunch

Session 3

Chairmen

Dr. D. Hofmann; Dr. Truong Van Dzung

13.30-13.50

Effect of urea molasses supplementation of bufaloes on invivo, insitu and in vitro feed digestibility

Dr. Nguyen Van Thu; Can Tho University-Vietnam

13.50-14.10

Supplementing to based diets included natural grass, maize stove and rice straw with cassava root meal and cassava

Dr. Mai van Sanh, Dao Lan Nhi, NIAH-Vietnam

14.10-14.30

On the technical problems of buffalo raising at small farms.

Dr. Do Kim Tuyen; MARD-Vietnam

14.30-14.50

Some technical problems of the development of buffalo production in the North East South Land

Dr. Le Dang Danh; UAF Vietnam

14.50-15.20

Disscusion

15.20-15.40

Tea break

Session 4

Chairmen

Dr. B. Boonthong; Dr. Hoang Kim Giao

15.40-16.00

Changes of Cattle and Buffalo Production in Village Farming Systems and Their Long-term Impacts on Buffalo Raising

P. Skunmun¹, T.  Poondusit¹, A. Koga² and C. Chantalakhana¹

16.00-16.20

Some studies on the situation of buffalo trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma evansi steel 1885 and their control measures in North Vietnam.

Dr. Pham Si Lang; NIVR-Vietnam

16.20-16.40

Application of molecular biotechnology for determination of pasteurella multocida in farms animal

Dr. Truong Van Dzung; NIVR-Vietnam

16.40-17.10

Discussion

18.00

Dinner party at Floating Restaurant

17 Dec. 2001

Second day of workshop

Session 5

Chairmen

Dr. SomKiat; Dr. Chhum Phith,. L

8.30-8.50

Swamp Buffalo Rumen Eclology and its manipulation

Dr. Metha Wanapat- Thailand

8.50-9.10

Village Buffalo Production by Establishment of Conservation and Development of Farmers’ group.

Kitti Koobkaew and M. Wanapat

9.10-9.30

Estimation of rumen microbial protein production from urinary purina derivatives in local buffalo in Vietnam.

Dr. Le Duc Ngoan, Hue UAF, Vietnam

9.30-9.50

Potential of Agricultural by-products as buffalo feed resources in Vietnam

Dr. Bui Van Chinh, NIAH – Vietnam

9.50-10.10

Tea break

Session 6

Chairmen

Dr. Luu Trong Hieu; Dr M. Wanapat

10.10-11.30

Discussion

11.30-11.50

Closing remark and proposal

Dr. Le Viet Ly, NIAH Vietnam

11.50-12.00

Announcement

12.00

Lunch

13.00-18.00

Visit to the farming systems of the hilly areas of BaVi