HUE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
NOUPHONE MANIVANH
NUTRITIVE IMPROVEMENT OF CASSAVA ROOT AND
ITS UTILISATION IN TARO FOLIAGE AND BANANA
STEMS BASAL DIETS FOR LOCAL PIG PRODUCTION
IN SMALLHOLDERS IN LAO PDR
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ANIMAL SCIENCES
HUE, 2019
HUE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
NOUPHONE MANIVANH
NUTRITIVE IMPROVEMENT OF CASSAVA ROOT AND
ITS UTILISATION IN TARO FOLIAGE AND BANANA
STEMS BASAL DIETS FOR LOCAL PIG PRODUCTION
IN SMALLHOLDERS IN LAO PDR
SPECIALIZATION: ANIMAL SCIENCES
CODE: 9620105
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ANIMAL SCIENCES
SUPERVISORS
1: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. LE VAN AN
2: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. TRAN THI THU HONG
HUE, 2019
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GUARANTEE
I hereby guarantee that scientific work in this thesis is mine. All results
described in this thesis are righteous and objective. They have been published in
Journal of Livestock Research for Rural Development (LRRD) http://www.lrrd.org
Hue University, 2019
Nouphone MANIVANH, PhD student
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DEDICATION
To my parents, my husband (Phoneouthai Thiphavanh), my daughter (Southida
Thiphavanh) and my son (Kanlaya Thiphavanh)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The research in this PhD thesis was conducted four experiments with supported
from Mekong Basin Animal Research Network (MEKARN II) project for funding this
thesis research and the scholarship for the PhD study.
I am grateful for the support from all of those people and institutions:
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Mekong Basin Animal
Research Network (MEKARN II) project for funding this theses research and the
scholarship for the PhD study.
I would like to thanks the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Souphanouvong
University, Luagprabang province, Laos, for allowing me study leave and helping me
to carry out the experiments.
I would like to express my cordial and faithful gratitude to my main supervisors,
Associate Professor Dr. Le Van An and co-supervisor, Associate Professor Dr. Tran
Thi Thu Hong for their support, guidance, and valuable advice for writing paper.
I would like to express deeply gratitude to Professor Dr. Thomas Reg Preston
Director of the University of Tropical Agriculture (UTA) for his good discussion,
valuable advice and useful guidance during my studies and research project.
My sincere thanks to Professor Dr. Ewadle, International Coordinator
MEKARN II project; Dr. Vanthong Phengvichith, National Agriculture and Forestry
Researcher Institute (NAFRI), Lao PDR; Dr. Kieu Borin, MEKARN II regional
coordinator for their facilitation, help and support to the whole course. Professors,
lecturers and assistant lectures in Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry and
MEKARN II program, for giving me care and useful knowledge; Dr. Vongpasith
Chanthakhoun, Dean of Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Souphanouvong
University for his help and encouragement.
I am also grateful to my friends on the PhD course from Cambodia, Laos and
Vietnam for their good friendship and sharing
Lastly I would like to express special thanks to my husband (Phone outhai
Tiphavanh), my parents and all my brothers and sisters for their support,
encouragements and patience.
