| Again this year, Empire Alpaca Association
will be bringing in a leading camelid
veterinarian to conduct a day of alpaca health
seminars for veterinarians and vet students.
This year, Dr. Chris Cebra, of Oregon State Vet
School, will be the lead speaker at the all-day
event. Dr. Steve Hull, an alpaca owner, will
also be a speaker. The session will be held at
The Holiday Inn in Albany, NY on Saturday
February 20, 2010. Registration must be done
online; no walk-ins please.
This year’s focus will be primarily on internal medicine. Dr. Cebra is one of the
leading internal medicine camelid vets in the
country and is the leading camelid expert in the
country on coccidia, so we will definitely have
him cover Eimeria Macusaniensis. Dr. Cebra has
also been doing work on Haemonchus Contortus
(Barber Pole worm) and will cover that in his
sessions as well.
In prior years we had the vet session on Fridays. This year, due to cost
constraints, we have eliminated all of our Friday activities. The vet
session will be going on at the same time as the Empire Alpaca Symposium and
Fleece Event which runs Saturday and Sunday with many educational seminars,
fleece competitions and workshops. (Visit the Symposium page of the Empire
web site for more information on this event.) Vets who register for the vet
session may only attend the vet seminars; they may not attend the other
sessions that will be going on concurrently. This year we will be permitting
owner/breeders to attend the vet sessions if they wish to observe the
sessions; however, to maintain the presentations and discussions at the
level appropriate for veterinarians, owner/breeders will not be permitted to
ask questions during the sessions.
The vet session will start at 8:30AM and
lunch will be provided. Classes will end around
5PM. There will be a $50 fee for veterinarians;
there is no charge for vet students but if you
sign up, please make sure you will be attending.
Thank you for all you do for us!
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Session 1 (8:30AM – 10:00AM): Intestinal Parasites, with emphasis on Eimeria Macusaniensis and Haemonchus Contortus (Dr. Cebra)
Session 2 (10:15AM – 11:45AM): Other GI Diseases: Oral to Gastric (Dr. Cebra)
Session 3 (12:45PM – 2:15PM): Other GI Diseases: Colic and Intestines (Dr. Cebra)
Session 4 (2:30PM – 4:00PM): Teaching the alpaca owner livestock
management (Dr. Hull) Session 5 (4:15PM - 5:45PM): Skin Issues in Alpacas
(Dr. Cebra) |
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