Sincere thanks are expressed to the following
organisations and individuals:
I am deeply appreciated the support of the Swedish
International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and Swedish
Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SAREC )
for providing the schorship.
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to
Professor Dr. Metha Wanapat my supervisor, who has given me
invaluable support, encouragement, criticism, excellent skilled
technical assistance, guidance throughout my study. His reading,
correcting and follow-up of this thesis from the beginning to the
end which has enabled me to accomplish
this work successfully.
I would like to express my appreciation to the MEKARN
Steering Committee:Dr. T R Preston, Associate Prof. Dr. Brian Ogle,
Prof. Dr. Metha Wanapat, Prof. Dr. Luu Trong Hieu, Prof. Dr. Le
Viet Ly, Dr. Bounthong Bouahom and Dr. Chhum Phith Loan for
providing me a chance to participate in this M.Sc.
programme.
I wish to express admiration to Ass. Prof. Dr. Brian
Ogle, the Course Director of the M.Sc. programme and who worked
hard in responsibility in ensuring this course to be carried out
smoothly and efficiently.Thanks to Ass. Prof. Dr. Inger Ladin, for
comments and suggest me to formatting full thesis paper.
I would also like to express my sincere thanks to
Prof. Dr. Luu Trong Hieu, Regional Course Coordinator, for his warm
welcome and the hospitality accorded me, and for all the assistance
rendered by his staff which made my stay in Vietnam a most
enjoyable and memorable one.
I would also like to express my appreciation to all of
lecturers and instructors from the Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences, Sweden; University of New England,
Australia; University of Tropical Agriculture & Royal
Agricultural University, Cambodia; National Institute of Animal
Husbandry, Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, Cantho
University, University of Agriculture and Forestry HCM city,
Vietnam; National Agricultural and Forestry Research Institute,
Lao; Kasetsart University, Chiang Mai University, Prince of
Songkhla University, Suranaree University of Technology, Khon Kaen
University, Cattle and Buffalo Research and Development Center,
Thailand for their invaluable technical knowledge and
contributions into the courses.
To my home Institute, I would like to say words of thanks to
Dr. Manit Thungtagun Director of Skon-Nakhon Agricultural Research
and Training center, Rajamangala Institute of Technology,
Skon-Nakhon, Thailand for animals and laboratory support. Assistant
Professor Narong Ponvong , Dr Sunton Wittayakun and Mr. Chaweng
Sankong, DVM for facilitation of the experiment. Onanong
Poungchompoo for laboratory suggestions; my students and the staff
at Skon-Nakhon Agricultural Research and Training center for their
assistance in data collection and caring for the animals. To the
staff at the Dairy Nutrition Research Project at Khon Kaen
University for facilitation in many activities during studying and
writing of thesis.
To my friends in the MSc course, from Vietnam, Lao, Cambodai and
Thailand for giving me a warm and friendly
atmosphere.
I would like to express my gratitude to all those anonymous
people whose names can not appear herein who helped me to complete
this thesis.