Publications

improving smallholder food security through investigations of carcass composition and beef marketing of buffalo and cattle in northern lao pdr.	this study determined the carcass composition of lao indigenous buffalo (bubalus bubalis) and cattle (bos indicus), then examined trends in bovine meat marketing following review of records of beef production and prices in the two major cities of luang prabang (lpb) and xieng khoung (xk) provinces in northern laos. samples from 41 buffalo and 81 cattle (n = 122) were collected from animals slaughtered in may-june 2014, with live weights, carcass weights and other carcass-related variables collec ...	2015	25700673
challenges for beef production in smallholder communities with low reproductive management skills: a case study from northern lao pdr.	improved large ruminant productivity is increasingly acknowledged as a pathway for the alleviation of rural poverty and food insecurity in smallholder communities in southeast asia; yet, in much of laos, bovine reproductive management is practically absent. large ruminant reproduction skills were studied, using face-to-face surveys (n=60) of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (kap) of farmers, plus an extension of an examination of parameters of reproductive efficiency (n = 1786 cattle and ...	2017	27718106