Animal Production

WP53 Priorities for Pig Research in Southeast Asia and the Pacific to 2010
The majority of pig producers are smallholders, most of whom are located in rural areas

TR45 Rodent Biology and Management
This technical report contains abstracts from an international conference on rodent biology and management held in Beijing in 1998.

TR32 Production of Fine Wool in Northern China: effect of nutrition and helminth infections
The northern provinces of China where the land is suitable only for grazing livestock supports approximately 100 million sheep based on Merino types originally from Russia and Australia

TR25 Economic Aspects of Raw Wool Production and Marketing in China
The Chinese Government has placed a high priority on the development of the nation's raw wool industry

TR22 Plants Fed to Village Ruminants in Indonesia
This report presents original information on the composition of 136 species of plants known to be fed to village ruminants, mostly in West Java

RN23 Measurement and maintenance of duck and hen egg quality in Vietnam
The albumen quality of duck and hen eggs declines very rapidly when eggs are stored at ambient temperature especially in hot climates

PR115 Tropical Legumes for Sustainable Farming Systems in Southern Africa and Australia
The papers in this book come from an ACIAR project to develop sustainable animal and cropping systems in southern Africa

PR110 Strategies to Improve Bali Cattle in Eastern Indonesia
This publication brings together Indonesian and Australian expertise on Bali cattle production and herd improvement

PR108 Development Strategies for Genetic Evaluation for Beef Production in Developing Countries
This workshop was organised so that Thailand could share its experiences and results with other Southeast Asian countries who share similar production environments and constraints with the aim of sharing information and ideas and to foster cooperation in Southeast Asia for beef production and breeding

PR095 Working with Farmers: The Key to Adoption of Forage Technologies
This proceedings puts on record the papers and posters which were presented and the discussions which were held at the international workshop which marked the completion of the Forages for Smallholders Project

PR092 Tannins in Livestock and Human Nutrition
Tannins are one of the most common secondary products found in plants species, and represent one of the greatest hurdles to effective utilisation of forages by grazing livestock

PR087 Upland Farming Systems in the Lao PDR: Problems and Opportunities for livestock
Improvements in disease control are desperately needed making the 1997 Vientiane workshop organised jointly by the Department of Livestock and Fisheries (GoL) and ACIAR, extremely timely

PR073 Mineral Problems in Sheep in Northern China and Some Other Regions in Asia
China has vast areas of arid and semi-arid pastoral land in its northern provinces

PR068 Exploring Approaches to Research in the Animal Sciences in Vietnam
Enormous changes have occurred in Vietnam since 1990

PR046 Draught Animal Power in the Asian-Australasian Region
The economic structure of draught animal power in Asia varies from country to country according to national policy, social patterns and agricultural practices

PR034 Buffalo and Goats in Asia
These seminar proceedings report the results of ACIAR sponsored research which commenced in 1985

PR032 Forages for Plantation Crops
OUT OF PRINT (electronic files available) This proceedings provides information needed by extension workers and farmers to increase the productivity of ruminants in plantation crops

PR027 Draught Animals in Rural Development
The estimated one billion draught animals throughout the developing world provide vital power, transport, milk, meat and security to millions of rural families

MN108 Pig Husbandry in New Guinea: A Literature review and Bibliography
There are nearly two and a half million domestic pigs in New Guinea, or approximately one animal for every three people

MN099 Developing agricultural solutions with smallholder farmers - how to get started with participatory approaches
This book describes a participatory approach used by development workers in Southeast Asia to help smallholders integrate forages onto their farms.

MN097 Effects of Globalisation and Economic Development on the Asian Livestock Sector
This report analyses the impact of growth in demand for livestock products and trade liberalisation on the performance of the beef, pig meat, poultry and dairy systems in China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand

MN095 Improving Indonesia's Beef Industry
The project described in this report aimed to provide an analytical modelling framework to help beef industry analysts and advisers understand how changes in the general economic environment and in government policy are likely to affect each component of the cattle to beef supply chain, from production through sales

MN066 A Review of Papua New Guinea's Red Meat Industry
This study of the red meat industry, funded by AusAID under special funding arrangements with ACIAR, provides a much needed analysis

MN062 Developing Forage Technologies with Smallholder Farmers: how to select the best varieties to offer farmers in Southeast Asia
This booklet is based on the experiences of researches and farmers working with the AusAID-funded Forages for Smallholders Project (FSP) in Southeast Asia

MN053 Field Experiments with Forages
The first edition of this practical guide was compiled by the Forages for Smallholders Project and the Lao Department of Livestock and Fisheries, with the assistance of many researchers and field workers throughout Southeast Asia

MN036 Ruminant Nutrition and Production in the Tropics and Subtropics
The first section of this book explores the principles of nitrogen metabolism in ruminants, indicates relatively simple ways in which deficiencies of nitrogen can be diagnosed, and explores practical ways to overcome such deficiencies

IAS52 Breeding and feeding pigs in Vietnam: assessment of capacity building and an update on impacts
The study updates the estimates of the impact provided in IAS 17. It highlights two important issues. First, the total benefits from this research activity and subsequent follow-up activities have increased substantially, from a net present value of benefits of nearly $500 million to nearly $2.0 billion. This provides a benefit-to-cost return of over 250:1 and an internal rate of return of 74%. Second, the capacity building included as an important component of the original project has been crucial in sustaining and extending the impact of the research.

CP07 Grain Storage Tutor
Grain Storage Tutor is an interactive guide to the theory and practical application of quality maintenance of grain in storage, focusing on providing comprehensive information on best centralised storage practices for bagged rice.

2008-21 [LPS/2002/078] Improved beef production in central Vietnam
Final report