Most of this year's U of Maryland webinars should
be of interest to blackbelly breeders, so I
encourage you to find time to tune in. They will
all be recorded so you can listen at your convenience.
The topic on EBVs will give you some ideas on how
to define measureable traits in your sheep that
you want to pass to offspring. This is one of the
practices that has skyrocketed the Katahdin sheep popularity and growth.
The topic on the Big Five is about sheep parasites and how to minimize them.
Enjoy!
Carol
From: Susan Schoenian <ssch...@umd.edu>
Subject: [SHEPHERDSNOTEBOOK] [Shepherd's Notebook] 2016 Winter Webinar Series
The University of Maryland Extension Small
Ruminant Program will be hosting a webinar
series (for small ruminant producers) on
consecutive Thursday evenings from February 4
through March 10. The title of the webinar
series (short course) is Special Topics. It will
cover a variety of topics and be presented by
speakers from several states and institutions.
All webinars will begin at 7 p.m. EST and last
for approximately one hour, followed by a
question and answer period. Interaction will be
via a chat box. Presentations will be recorded
and made available for later viewing via Adobe
Connect or
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG6smTYnWxwKcMF7TRAuY9w/feed>YouTube.
PowerPoint presentations will be uploaded to
<http://www.slideshare.net/schoenian>SlideShare.
Date Topic Speaker Affiliation
Feb 4 Toxic plants Jeff Semler University of Maryland
Feb 11 EBVs for beginners Susan Schoenian University of Maryland
Feb 18 Vitamin and mineral nutrition Dr. Dan Morrical Iowa State University
Feb 25 Sericea lespedeza Dr. Tom Terrill Fort Valley State University
Mar 3 The Big Five Dr. Gareth Bath University of Pretoria (SA)
Mar 10 Natural dewormers Dr. Dahlia O'Brien Virginia State University
Anyone with an internet connection (high speed
access recommended) may participate in the live
webinars. Pre-registration is not required.
There is no cost involved. Log-in instructions
will be provided via a listserv. To subscribe to
the webinar listserv, send an email message to
<mailto:lists...@listserv.umd.edu>lists...@listserv.umd.edu.
In the body of the message,write
subscribe: sheepgoatwebinars. Participation is
limited to the first 100 people who log-on.
The highlight of the 2016 series will be a
presentation by Dr. Gareth Bath from the
University of Pretoria in South Africa. Dr. Bath
was one of the scientists who developed the
FAMACHA© system and Five Point Check©. His
presentation will be entitled, The Big Five. He
will discuss the five important aspects of
internal parasite control: animals, parasites,
pasture, monitoring, and treatment. Because of
the time difference involved, Dr. Bath's
presentation will not be at 7 p.m. EST.
The University of Maryland Extension Small
Ruminant Program has been doing webinar short
courses since 2011. The webinars have covered
various aspects of sheep and goat
production: nutrition, management, breeding,
health, and pasture. Links to these webinars are
available at
<http://www.sheepandgoat.com/#!webinars/cu81>http://www.sheepandgoat.com/#!webinars/cu81.
<http://media.wix.com/ugd/aded98_ced72676460e4767853f9af357ba141d.pdf>Download
program flyer
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Posted By Susan Schoenian to
<http://mdsheepgoat.blogspot.com/2015/11/2016-winter-webinar-series.html>Shepherd's
Notebook at 11/05/2015 01:42:00 PM
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