Program

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

Buffalo ecology, climate, welfare and sustainability	Buffalo Breeding and Reproduction	Buffalo feeding and Nutrition	Buffalo genomics and biotechnology	Buffalo health and adaptability	Buffalo Industry: Buffalo products and processing industry	Buffalo management, economy and sociology
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Schedule

Pre-congress
Time	23rd Oct. – Wednesday	24th Oct. – Thursday	Participants
10.00 am – 4.00 pm	Buffalo management Animal Recording	Reproduction and Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Buffaloes	Young scientists and farmers
Congress
Time	25th Oct. – FRIDAY	26th Oct. – Saturday	27th Oct. – Sunday
9.00 -10.00 am	Registration	Scientific sessions (Parallel sessions)	Closing ceremony Young scientist prize distribution ABA Congress of ABC
10.00 am – 1.00 pm	Opening ceremony
1.00 – 2.30 pm	Lunch and Praying	Lunch and Praying	Lunch and Praying
2.30 – 3.00 pm	Preliminary session for Invited papers	Scientific sessions (Parallel sessions)	Tour and visit: National Memorial Monument, DLS and BLRI Farms
3.00-5.30 pm	Country  reports

Invited speakers

1. Buffalo for safe food and sustainable development –  DR. Tritha Kumar Datta, Director, ICAR-Central Institute for Research Institute on Buffalo, Hisar, India
2. Potential of water buffalo in world agriculture: Challenges and opportunities – Prof. Antonio Borghese, Secretary General, International Buffalo Federation, Italy
3. Potential of water buffalo in Asian agriculture: Challenges and opportunities – Dr. Inderjeet Singh, Vice President, Asian Buffalo Association, Ludhiana, India
4. Feeding of buffaloes based on local feed resources to enhance rumen fermentation efficiency and mitigate methane emission – Professor Dr. Metha Wanapat, Khon Kaen University, Thailand