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Workshop on Forages for
Pigs and Rabbits

 
Organized and Sponsored by
CelAgrid and MEKARN Programme

Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh, 22-24 August 2006

 

Tuesday 22 August 2006
(in brackets are the numbers of the abstracts)

 

08.00- Opening of workshop (Chair person: Dr Luu Trong Hieu)
 
08.00 Welcome: Dr Ngo Van Man, Regional Coordinator MEKARN
 
08.10 Welcome to Cambodia: Dr Khieu Borin
 
08.20 Objectives of the Workshop: Dr Reg Preston
 
08.30 Forages for Pigs: Nutritional, Physiological and Practical Implications; B Ogle (18)
 
09.00 Recent developments leading to use of protein-rich forages for pigs; T R Preston (21)
 
09.30 Coffee-tea break
 
  Forages for pigs (Chair person: Dr Ngo Van Man)
 
09.45 Early studies on use of cassava leaves in pig diets; Bui Huy Nhu Phuc (25)
 
10.15 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 (9)
 
10.45 The use of ensiled cassava leaves for on farm pigs feeding in central Vietnam; Nguyen Thi Hoa Ly, HUAF (7)
 
11.15 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 (3)
 
11.45 Lunch
 
  Forages for pigs continued Chair person: Dr Vu Chi Cuong)
 
13.00 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 (1)
 
13.30 Farmer practice on use of Giant Taro leaves in the diets of pigs under mountainous village condition in North Vietnam; Pham Sy Tiep, NIAH (4)
 
14.00 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; (22)
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 (23)
 
14.30 The use and potential of supplementing village pigs with Stylosanthes guianensis in Lao PDR; Phonepaseuth Phengsavanh and Werner Stür (16)
 
15.00 Coffee-tea break
 
15.15 Mulberry leaves as protein supplements in pig diets; Chiv Phiny, (19)
 
15.45

Recent findings on use of protein-rich forages for Mong Cai and Large White sows in Central Vietnam; Hoang Nghia Duyet, HUAF (13)
 

16.15 Pigs familiar with duckweed readily accept another unfamiliar green feed, Leucaena leucocephala; Dam Van Tien, HUAF (24)
16.45 Ensiling leaves of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) with sugar cane molasses; Malavan Chittavong, T R Preston and R B Ogle (6)
 
 
 
 
Wednesday 23 August 2006
 
  Forages for rabbits (Chair person: Dr Le Duc Ngoan)
 
08.00

Digestive physiology in rabbits in relation to use of forage-based diets; R A Leng
 

08.30 Results of  Research and the development of  Rabbit production in Vietnam;   Dinh Van Binh (12)
09.00 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 (17)
 
09.30 Coffee-tea break
 
09.45 Water spinach and sweet potato leaves as replacement for para grass in diets for growing rabbits; Nguyen Thi Kim Dong (10)
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 (11)
 
10.15

Effect on feed intake and growth of depriving rabbits access to caecotrophes; Chiv Phiny and Lampheuy Kaensombath (23)
 

10.45

Effect of method of offering Water Spanish and Sweet potato vine to growing rabbits on feed intake, digestibility and feeding behavior; Doan Thi Gang, Khuc Thi Hue, Dinh Van Binh and Nguyen Thi Mui (15)
 

11.15

Lunch
 

  Growing protein-rich forages for pigs and rabbits (Chair person: Dr Bui Xuan Men
13.00 Development of Forage Technologies for Rabbits in North Vietnam; Nguyen Thi Mui, Nguyen Van Sao and Dinh Van Binh (14) 
 
13.30

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 (20)
 

14.00

Agricultural potential and utilization of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) as forage for fattening pigs in the Mekong delta of Vietnam; Nguyen Ba Trung (8)
 

14.30 Coffee-tea break
 
15.00 Genetic and nutritional diversity of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) and water hyacinth (Echhornia crassipes) in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam; Le Thi Men (2)
 
15.30 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 (5)
 
16.00 General Discussion
 
 


 

  Thursday 24 August 2006
 
07.00 Depart from Hotel to visit a village in Takeo province where CelAgrid technologies have been introduced (Dr Khieu Borin and CelAgrid staff)
 
10.30 Lunch with the farmers in the village
 
12.00 Depart from the village for CelAgrid Research Centre
14.00 Visit the crop, animal and renewable energy activities (Dr Khieu Borin and CelAgird staff)
15.00 Divide into small groups to draw up the conclusions of the workshop and proposals for future research (seminar room in CelAgrid)
16.00 Presentation of Conclusions and Recommendations. (Dr Preston and Dr Ogle)
16.30 Return to Phnom Penh
19.00 Workshop Dinner
  Friday 25 August : Participants depart from Phnom Penh