Our second annual conference “Feeding and Breeding” took place in February 2017.
2017 Conference Attendees!
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Tues, 21 February 2017 – Wed, 22 February 2017
Doubletree By Hilton Cadbury House,
Bristol, BS49 5AD
United Kingdom
World leaders in the field gave stimulating and useful talks on varied aspects of Dairy Sheep and Dairy Goat production medicine. The speakers were from Australia, Canada, the U.S. and the Netherlands as well as UK based. Yoav Alony Gilboa and Lucy Hepworth are part of the Dairy Sheep and Dairy Goat Consultancy and provided help and advice to vets working in small ruminant dairy production.
Conference timetable
Tuesday 21/02/17
(Chair: Anthony Wilkinson)
- Dr. Paula Menzies DVM MPVM Dip. ECSRHM
Guelph University, Ontario, Canada
Udder health and milk quality issues in milking sheep and goats - Kate Hovers BVSc CertSHP MRCVS
Independent consultant for MSD, Powys, Wales
& Yoav Alony Gilboa DVM CertSHP MRCVS
Director, Friars Moor Livestock Health, Dorset, UK
Control and synchronisation of breeding in sheep and goats - Karianne Lievaart-Peterson DVM, PhD, Grad. Cert. in UL&T Dip. ECSRHM
GD-Animal Health, Deventer, the Netherlands
Johne’s Testing Schemes in small ruminants - Chris Duemler DVM
Brodhead Veterinary Medical Centre, Wisconsin, USA
Feeding dairy goats for maximum production
Wednesday 22/02/17
(Chair: Yoav Alony Gilboa)
- David Alvis
Managing Director – Yorkshire Dairy Goats
Development and applications of genomics in dairy sheep and goats - Dr. Paula Menzies DVM MPVM Dip. ECSRHM
Guelph University, Ontario, Canada
Udder health and milk quality issues in milking sheep and goats, part 2 - Lesley Stubbings OBE BSc Hons FRAgs
Independent Sheep Consultant, Kettering, UK
& Lucy Hepworth BVSc MRCVS
Vet, Friars Moor Livestock Health, Dorset, UK
Nutritional management of a milking sheep and goats using metabolic profiles - Derek Kennedy
Lubborne Cheese Ltd, Lactalis Groupe, Chard, UK
Processor’s view on health and welfare in small ruminant milk production - Gary Edwards CMS Solutions manager
DeLaval
Del-Pro Farm Management (Delaval sponsored talk) - Russ Davies
Ruminant Sales Manager, CEVA
Goat and sheep dairy farming in Australia (CEVA sponsored talk) - Announcement
University of Bristol Small Ruminant Research Alliance
The 2018 conference will be held on the 19th & 20th February 2018.
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