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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.