Ass/Prof. Dr Nguyen Xuan Ba (BSc, MSc, Ph.D) is the Senior Lecturer of the Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine (FAS) at Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry (HUAF). He has completed a course on Animal Production and Health at the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture, Egypt in 1997.  In 2001 and 2002, Ba participated in a course on Dairy Husbandry and Milk Processing at IPC Oenkerk in The Netherlands. Ba participated in many short course on Animal Sciences and Scientific writing skill in Australia and Vietnam.  Ba has skills in evaluation of feeds for ruminants and well-developed project leadership and management skills and specialist knowledge in ruminant nutrition, in farming systems and in rural development. He was the operational team leader and project leader in three ACIAR projects. He has published more than 100 papers in the international and national journals and more than 10 books and Textbook on cattle production and cattle nutrition and feeding and feed resourses for cattle.

COLLECTION CONDITIONS AND PROCESSING OF PIG BLOOD PLASMA TO IMPROVE THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND IMMUNE RESPONSE OF PIGLETS:                                              

Our research on using plasma as a supplementary food source in livestock and aquaculture was conducted with the utmost rigour. Swine blood samples were collected at abattoirs and meticulously analysed for protein composition and other factors. 180 samples were collected and analysed for Albumin, Globulin, Hemoglobin, and immune responses. The study also determined the influence of NaCl, pH, and citrate phosphate on iron (Fe++ for processing the plasma to store and apply for animal feed supplements. The results, which were obtained through a comprehensive and systematic process, show that NaCl, pH, citrate and phosphate were all optimal for anticoagulation times and temperatures; ultraviolet (UV) for blood to make plasma and mean differences, relative difference (%) and 95% confidence intervals for the mean difference are given for each value. Using citrate and phosphate buffers for conservation and storing the plasma in power also helped Fe to remain well. Temperature and ultraviolet irradiation influenced the storage and quality (SDP). Suckling piglet diets contained 2% SDP to improve immune response to resistance by IgM, P < 0.05 from 14 – 21 days old.   

Keywords: Spray-dried plasma, anticoagulants, Ultrasonic Violet, blood draw and processing, and immune responses