@article{Murphy:164522,
      recid = {164522},
      author = {Murphy, Thomas and Tisdell, Clem},
      title = {Specific Livestock Industries, Livestock Diseases and  Policies in Thailand: An Overview of Bovines  (Buffalo/Cattle)},
      address = {1995-10},
      number = {1739-2016-140412},
      series = {Research Papers and Reports in Animal Health Economics},
      pages = {24},
      year = {1995},
      abstract = {Traditional characteristics of Thailand’s bovine sector  are outlined and its changing nature and structure are  considered. Cattle numbers have increased absolutely in  relation to buffalo numbers which have declined. Whereas in  the early 1980s buffalo numbers considerably exceeded those  of cattle, cattle stocks now exceed buffalo stocks which  nevertheless are still substantial. The keeping of bovines  for meat rather than draught purposes has become more  important and since the mid-1980s Thailand has expanded the  number of its dairy cattle considerably. Nevertheless, it  remains a larger net importer of beef and dairy products.  Because of a number of constraints outlined in this paper,  it seems that Thailand is likely to remain a substantial  net importer of these products and in fact its net imports  can be expected to rise. While some avenues exist for  increasing domestic supplies, these possibilities e.g.  improved control of livestock disease and improved breeding  of cattle, are unlikely to be sufficient to reduce greatly  Thailand’s import dependence for these products. Unlike the  case of poultry and pig production in Thailand, where the  commercial sector has become dominant, most of the  production of bovines is accounted for by villagers with  very small herds. Beef production in most cases is a  sideline activity utilising crop by-products and  wasteland.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/164522},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.164522},
}