MEKARN MSc 2005-2007

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

The research for this thesis was carried out at theLivestock Research Centre, NAFRI, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry PO Box 811 Vientiane Lao PDR.

The author is very grateful to the Swedish International Development Agency /Department for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (Sida/SAREC) for funding this thesis research and the scholarship for the MSc degree.

I would like to thank the Directorates of National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI) and Livestock Research Center (LRC) for giving me the opportunity to participate in this programme and providing facilities during the conduct of the experiment.

My most sincere thanks to my supervisor, Prof. Dr. Metha Wanapat, the Director of the Tropical Feed Resources Research and Development Center (TROFREC), Department of Animal Science, Faculty of agriculture, Khon Kaen University for his encouragement, invaluable suggestions, guiding of the experiments, corrections and in bringing this thesis to a full completion.

My sincere appreciation is extended to all staff of the (LRC) and (TROFREC) for their assistance during the experimental period and sample analysis.