Publication: Intervention models to solve the declining problem of swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) population in Ubon Ratchathani province of Thailand
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2017
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eng
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1906-2257
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Mahidol University
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Faculty of Veterinary Science Mahidol University
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Journal of Applied Animal Science. Vol.10, No.3 (2017), 47-56
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Anuwat Wiratsudakul, Poonyapat Sedwisai, Teeraporn Makaroon, Sunisa Kinawong, Kittipat Angchokchatchawal, Bopit Puyati, Surapong Senayai Intervention models to solve the declining problem of swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) population in Ubon Ratchathani province of Thailand. Journal of Applied Animal Science. Vol.10, No.3 (2017), 47-56. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/15265
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Intervention models to solve the declining problem of swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) population in Ubon Ratchathani province of Thailand
Alternative Title(s)
แบบจำลองเชิงนโยบายเพื่อแก้ปัญหาการลดลงของประชากรกระบือปลัก (Bubalus bubalis) ในจังหวัดอุบลราชธานี ประเทศไทย
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Abstract
Swamp buffalo population in Thailand has dramatically decreased in the last three decades. The present
study was conducted to predict trends and future population size of swamp buffaloes and to formulate
different interventions to prevent further decline and rejuvenate the existing population. The study is based on a
questionnaire survey to access information regarding buffalo husbandry and marketing. Based on derived
data, age-structured Leslie matrix population model was constructed to predict the population of the buffalo
cows in the coming decades. Three different intervention models were subsequently proposed including
Buffalo bank campaign, prohibition of slaughtering buffalo cows and the combination of these two interventions.
A total of 398 farmers rearing buffaloes were interviewed and data encompassed information on 1,366 buffaloes
(418 buffalo bulls and 948 cows) were retrieved. Initial buffalo cow population in Ubon Ratchathani province
was estimated to be 42,766 heads. The number was projected to decline by 36% in the next ten years, with
population growth rate estimated to be 0.93. The most feasible and sustainable intervention was to carry out
both campaigns simultaneously. This strategy allows the slaughtering prohibition to be successful with the
support from the Buffalo bank. These campaigns should be rigorously implemented to maintain this valuable
livestock resource. The present model might be implemented for similar studies in different parts of the
developing world.