All WORMS, ALL DAY
December 7, 2019 • 9:30AM - 3:30PM
Lincoln Memorial University CVM Teaching Center
203 DeBusk Farm Drive, Ewing, VA 24248
$50 per adult, $30 ages 14-18
Veterinarians: This conference is approved for 5 continuing education (CE) credits.
The all-day conference will focus exclusively on gastrointestinal parasites, which are problematic on most small ruminant farms. The program will seek to educate stakeholders on the most up-to-date methods and recommendations for controlling parasites. It will include general sessions and a separate program for older youth. All youth registrants MUST be accompanied by a registered adult.
All speakers in the adult program are members of the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control (ACSRPC). They include Dr. Dahlia O’Brien, Virginia State University; Dr. Kwame Matthews, Delaware State University; Dr. Nelson Escobar, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Susan Schoenian, University of Maryland; and Dr. Niki Whitley, Fort Valley State University. Youth instructor will be Chantel Wilson (4H-STEAM Specialist).
The program is a collaborative effort among Virginia, Maryland and Delaware Cooperative Extension. Collaborators also include Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine Faculty members (Drs. Gilbert Patterson, Gerry Roberson, and Philippa Gibbons). The 2019 Conference organizers include Dahlia O’Brien and Amy Fannon with VCE.
Agenda
ADULT PROGRAM
8 AM-9 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9 AM-9:15 AM: Welcome and Overview of LMU’s Veterinary Medicine Program
9:15 AM-10:00 AM: Biology, species, life cycles, symptoms (Dahlia)
10 AM-10:45 AM: Pasture management (Whitley)
10:45 AM-11 AM: AM Break
11 AM-noon: Treatments -- drugs, natural, TST (Susan)
Noon-1 PM: LUNCH (lamb and goat)
1 PM-1:45 PM: Genetics (Kwame)
1:45 PM-2:30 PM: Integrated parasite management (Nelson)
2:30 PM-2:45 PM: PM Break
2:45 PM-3:30 PM: Ask the experts (panel of speakers and LMU veterinarians)
YOUTH PROGRAM
8 AM-9 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9 AM-9:15 AM: Welcome and Overview of LMU’s Veterinary Medicine Program
9:15 AM-10:45 AM: Worms/parasites: vocabulary ice breaker; Grass, goats and uninvited guests (Wilson, agents and LMU vet students)
10:45 AM-11 AM: AM Break
11 AM-noon: Grass, goats and uninvited guests (Wilson, agents and LMU vet students)
Noon-1 PM: LUNCH (lamb and goat)
1 PM-2:30 PM: Got guts? Anatomy of the ruminant stomach (LMU faculty and students); Worm JEOPARDY
2:30 PM-2:45 PM: PM Break
2:45 PM-3:30 PM: Ask the experts (panel of speakers and LMU veterinarians)
Lodging Information
Holiday Inn
Sleep Inn and Suites
https://www.choicehotels.com/kentucky/middlesboro/sleep-inn-hotels/ky217?source=gyxt
For more information, contact Mark Klingman at (804) 524-5493 or mjklingman@vsu.edu.
If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact Mark Klingman (804) 524-5493 /TDD (800) 828-1120 during business hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.
