A workshop on the use of cassava as livestock feed will be held in Thailand at Khon Kaen Universithy from 23 to 24 July 2001. The local organiser of the workshop is Dr Metha Wanapat. The proceedings will be made available on the MEKARN Web site and on CD-ROM. The scientific editors are Dr Reg Preston, Dr Brian Ogle and Dr Metha Wanapat.
International Workshop
on
“ Current Research and
Development of Cassava as Animal Feeds”
at
July 23-24,2001
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Arrivals of Participants at Khon Kaen Airport
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Being met by Workshop staff and Transported to Kosa Hotel
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Check in at Kosa Hotel ( Tel. 66-043-225014-8)
July
23, 2001 (Workshop at Mongkut Nguen Meeting Room,
Kosa Hotel)
08.30-09.00 - Registration
Masters of Ceremony: Miss Gina Granum and Mr.Pin
Chanjula
09.00-09.30 - Workshop Presentation and Participant
Introduction by
Prof.Dr. Metha Wanapat, Workshop Chairman
- Remarks by SIDA-SAREC Representative, Dr. Brian Ogle
- Opening Ceremony by Dean, Faculty of
Agriculture,
Khon Kaen University, Associate Professor Dr. Anake
Topark-Ngarm
09.30-10.00 - Coffee Break
Chairman: Dr. Brian Ogle
Rapporteur: Dr. Bui Huy Nhu Phuc
10.00-10.45
- Potential of
cassava in integrated farming systems; TR Preston
(UK and Cambodia)
10.45-11.30
-Role of cassava hay
as animal feed in the tropics; M. Wanapat
(Thailand)
11.30-12.00 - Discussions
12.00-13.30
- Lunch
Chairman: Dr. Reg Preston
13.30-14.00 -
Cassava-legumes intercropping: A potential for food-feed
system for dairy farming ; A. Polthanee, M.Wanapat,
C.Wachirapokorn and S.Wanapat (Thailand)
14.00-14.30
- Manure recycling
and associations with legumes and means of
sustaining the yield of cassava managed as a perennial forage;
Khieu Borin (Cambodia)
14.30-15.00 -
Effect of planting space and cutting frequency on cassava hay
yield and chemical compositions; A. Petlum ,M. Wanapat and
S. Wanapat (Thailand)
15.00-15.30
- Coffee Break
Chairman: Dr. Peter Rowlinson
Ropportuer: Mr. Ngo Van Man
15.30-16.00 -
Effect of planting methods, fertilization on cassava hay yield
and chemical compositions ; A. Puang-chompoo, M. Wanapat,
S. Wanapat and A. Polthanee (Thailand)
16.00-17.00 - Effects of roughage sources on intake and
digestibility, S.
Wora-anu, M. Wanapat , C. Yuangklang and C. Wachirapakorn
(Thailand)
Rapporteur:
Ms. Lylian Rodriguez
08.30-09.00 -
Feeding full cassava chip-based ration to milking cows,
M. Wanapat and A. Petlum, (Thailand)
09.00-09.30
- Effect of cassava
hay supplementation on internal parasite egg
counts in swamp buffalo and cattle; N. Netpana, M. Wanapat
and W. Toburan (Thailand)
09.30-10.00 - Effect of cassava leaf meal on the rumen
environment of local
yellow cattle fed urea-treate paddy straw, Doung Nguyen
Khang (Vietnam)
10.00-10.30
- Coffee Break
Chairman: Dr. Le Duc Ngoan
Rapporteur: Mr.
Viengsavanh Phimphachanhvongsod
10.30-11.00 - Site and extent of cassava starch digestion
in ruminants;
T.Veerasilp and Choke Mikled(Thailand)
11.00-11.30
- Effect of various
levels of cassava hay supplementation on milk
yield and milk compositions ; M.Wanapat, A. Petlum,
A.Poungchompoo ,P. Rowlinson and W. Toburan (Thailand)
13.30-12.00 - The use of cassava chip levels in lactating
cows diet ,
C. Wachirapakorn, M.Wanapat, N.Sornsoongnern,
S.Kowsuwan (Thailand)
12.00-13.30
– Lunch
Rapporteur: Asst.Prof. Dr. Chalong
Wachirapakorn
13.30-14.00 - Cassava tops ensiled with or without
molasses as additive-
effects on quality, feed intake and digestibility by heifers; Ngo
Van Man (Vietnam)
14.00-14.30
- Effects of
high-quality feed block with cassava hay on milk
yield and milk compositions;
S.Koakhunthod, M.Wanapat, C.
Wachirapokorn, P. Rowlinson and
N.Sornsoongnern (Thailand)
14.30-15.00 - The use of cassava chip in dairy ration by
small-holder dairy
farmers; K. Sommart (Thailand)
15.00-15.30
- Coffee Break
Rapporteur: Mr. Kieu Borin
15.30-16.00 - Nutritive evaluation with rats and pigs of
cassava leaves for
monogastric:effect of drying and ensiling;
Bui Hay Phuc
(Vietnam)
16.00-16.30 - Studies on
procedures for ensiling cassava
foliage;
Lylian Rodriguez, Julio Ly and Chhay Ty
(Cambodia)
16.30-17.00 - Studies on the nutritive value of ensiled
cassava leaves for
pigs; Julio Ly ( Cuba)
17.00-17.30
- Closing Remarks
- Professor. Dr. Metha Wanapat
- Dr. Reg Preston
19.00-23.00 - Workshop Dinner