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Workshop on Forages for Pigs and Rabbits

 

 
Organized and Sponsored by
CelAgrid and MEKARN Programme

Phnom Penh, 21-24 August 2006

 

Forages for pigs

  Forages for Pigs: Nutritional, Physiological and Practical Implications; B Ogle
 
  Recent developments leading to use of protein-rich forages for pigs; T R Preston
 
  Genetic and nutritional diversity of sweet potato leaves, water spinach and water hyacinth as pig feed in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam; Le Thi Men, Cantho University  Le Thi Men (ltmen@ctu.edu.vn)
 
  The effect of substituting a basal diet of growing pigs with fresh forages:  Duck weed (Lemna minor), para grass (Brachiaria mutica) or water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) on the apparent digestibility and nitrogen retained  Nguyen Nhat Xuan Dung, Cantho University  [nnxdung@ctu.edu.vn]
 
 

Improving the utilization of cassava leaves as protein source for pigs by combining them with water spinach; Chhay Ty and T R Preston, CelAgrid, Cambodia
 

  Farmer practice on use of Giant Taro leaves in the diets of pigs under mountainous village condition in North Vietnam; Pham Sy Tiep, NIAH
 
  The use of different levels of effluent from plastic biodigester loaded with pig manure for mulberry (Morus alba) tree growth; Chiv Phiny, Khieu Borin and Chhay Ty, CelAgrid, Camboda
 
  Recent findings on use of protein-rich forages for Mong Cai and Large White sows in Central Vietnam; Hoang Nghia Duyet, HUAF
 
  Ensiling leaves of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) with sugar cane molasses; Malavan Chittavong, T R Preston and R B Ogle 
 
  Nitrogen balance studies in pigs fed sugar cane juice and fresh leaves of Giant Taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza); Lylian Rodríguez, Irina Irina Peniche, T R Preston and K Peters
 
  Giant Taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza) leaves as partial replacement for soya bean meal in sugar cane juice diets for growing pigs; Lylian Rodríguez, Deibys J Lopez, T R Preston and K Peters, TOSOLY, Colombia;
 
 

Effect of increasing area of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) relative to Flemingia (Flemingia macrophylla) on biomass yield, soil fertility and soil erosion; Ngo Tien Dzung and T R Preston
 

 

The use of ensiled cassava leaves for on farm pigs feeding in central Vietnam; Nguyen Thi Hoa Ly, HUAF
 

 

Agricultural potential and utilization of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) as forage for fattening pigs in the Mekong delta of Vietnam; Nguyen Ba Trung
 

  The effects of simple processing methods of cassava leaves on HCN content, intake and performance by growing pigs; D T Hang, N  Q  Linh, T R Preston , H  Everts  and A  C Beynen
 
 

The use and potential of supplementing village pigs with Stylosanthes guianensis in Lao PDR; Phonepaseuth Phengsavanh and Werner Stür
 

 

Nutritive evaluation of tropical forages for monogastrics and effects of drying temperature, ensiling preservation methods on nutritive values; Bui Huy Nhu Phuc
 

 

Forages for rabbits

  Digestive physiology in rabbits in relation to use of forage-based diets; R A Leng
 
  Water spinach and sweet potato leaves as replacement for para grass in diets for growing rabbits; Nguyen Thi Kim Dong
 
 

Effect of different protein levels in the diets on the reproductive performance of crossbred rabbits; Nguyen Thi Kim Dong, Nguyen Van Thu and T R Preston
 

 

Recent developments in CelAgrid on use of water spinach as the main feed resource for growing rabbits; Pok Samkol and T R Preston, CelAgrid, Cambodia
 

  Effect on feed intake and growth of depriving rabbits access to caecotrophes; Chiv Phiny and Lampheuy Kaensombath
 
  Mulberry leaves as sole diet for growing rabbits; Lylian Rodríguez and T R Preston
 
  Recent developments in the Goat and Rabbit Research Centre on use of forages for rabbits; Tran Hoang Chat, Ngo Tien Dung and Dinh Van Binh;