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Course name: Small Ruminant Systems

Course period and place: 24th of November to 6th of December 2003, GRRC, Bavi, Vietnam

 

 

Date

Day

Time

Subject

Lecturer*

23 Nov

Sun

 

Arrival in Bavi

 

24

Mon

8-10

10-12

13-16

Introduction to the course, objectives

Goat production in Vietnam and SE Asia

Research at the Goat and Rabbit Research Center

Visit to the goat and sheep houses and the surroundings of the station

IL

Binh

Binh, Dung,

Mui

25

Tue

 

 

08-10

 

10-12

13-17

Sheep and goat production systems, global perspectives.  Sheep nutrition and feeding

Local feed resources for sheep and goat

Exercise: Goat milking/making youghurt or  cheese

IL

 

Mui

Binh, Dung

26

Wed

 

 

08-10

10-12

13-15

Sheep nutrition and management in tropical areas

Goat nutrition and feeding

Exercise: Reference handling with Get-A-Ref

IL

SK

IL

27

Thu

08-10

10-12

13-17

Goat management in the humid tropics

Health, diseases and parasites, reproduction

Exercise: Pasture sampling, fecal egg count

SK

Ly (SK?)

SK, Ly

28

Fri

 

 

08-09

10-12

 

13-15

18-

Cassava foliage to goats (Dung, MSc)

Slaughtering and carcass composition (goat and sheep)

Exercise: Carcass dissection

Dinner with tasting of sheep and goat meat, cheese etc.

Dung

SK, IL

 

SK, Dung

Binh, Dung

29

Sat

08-12

Study tour to goat farmers in the district

Binh, Dung

30

Sun

 

Free

 

1 Dec

Mon

 

 

 

08-10

 

10-12

13-17

Research on small ruminants, experimental designs, special problems and advice

Exercise: Diet formulation, sheep and goat

Free for studies

IL, Mui

 

IL, Mui

2

Tue

 

 

08-10

10-12

13-17

How to write your MSc research plan

Goat breeds and goat breeding programs in Vietnam

Exercise: Diet formulation for sheep and goat

IL

Binh, Lin

IL, Mui

3

Wed

08-12

 

13-16

Exercise: Diet formulation, discussion on the different proposals.

Exercise Get-A-Ref

 

4

Thu

08-16

Free for studies

 

5

Fri

 

09-12

13-15

Examination

Course evaluation and discussion

IL

IL

6

Sat

8-17

18-

Study and tourist trip to?

End of course dinner

 

7

Sun

 

Free

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of teachers in the course

 

Name

Adress

Phone/fax

e-mail

 

Inger Ledin

(IL)

 

Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7024, 750 07 Uppsala Sweden

 

46 18 671646/

46 18 672995

Mobile

 +46 73 0476203

 

Inger.Ledin@huv.slu.se

Surasak Kochapakdee

(SK)

Dept. of Animal Sciences

Faculty of Natural Resources, Prince of Songkla University,

Hat Yai, Thailand 90110

66 74 212843/

66 74 212823

Ksurasak@ratree.psu.ac.th

Dinh Van Binh (Binh)

GRRC, Sontay Hatay, Vietnam

84 34 838341

Fax: 84 34 838889

Mobile  84 0913

Binhbavi@netnam.vn

Nguyen Thi Mui (Mui)

National Institute of Animal Husbandry, Hanoi, Vietnam

84 48348948                84 34838889              

84 0912180819

Nguyenthimui@yahoo. com

Ngo Tien Dung (Dung)

GRRC, Sontay Hatay, Vietnam

84 34 838669               8434 838889             

84 0912011399

Binhbavi@netnam.vn

Nguyen Duy Ly (Ly)

GRRC, Sontay Hatay, Vietnam

84 34 881304               84 34 838889

Binhbavi@netnam.vn

 

 

Literature list:

 

Complete reference list including pages if not the whole book.