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The research for this thesis was carried out
at the Center for Livestock and Agriculture Development (CelAgrid).
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the MEKARN Project,
financed by Sida/SAREC, for support during the coursework and
research for my MSc thesis.
Thanks are given to my supervisors, Professor Dr Brian Ogle,
MEKARN International Coordinator, Dr. Thomas Preston, Director of
UTAF, Colombia and Adviser to MEKARN and Dr. Khieu Borin, Director
of CelAgrid, for their patient and valuable guidance and advice
during my experiments and for their help in correcting my thesis.
Thanks also go to all lecturers in the MSc courses.
I very much appreciate the help of the CelAgrid team who took
care of my job during my absence for this MSc study, and thanks
also to the CelAgrid management for allowing me to use CelAgrid's
research facilities. Particular thanks to Mr Chhay Ty, Pek Samnang,
Mr Oum Sitha, Sim Leang Meang, Seng Theara, Seun Bros for their
assistance during the experiments.
Last but not least, special thanks to my parents and sister for
their support and encouragement during my MSc study.