Warford Creek Alpacas and Abbey Rose Veterinary Services co-founders of NACI

3 Day Seminar - Register using the printable form available here.

Friday, April 21, 2006 - Hands-on Wet labs and demonstrations (limited to first 15 registrants):
• Birthing and Neonatal Dystocia Lab – When and how to assist in delivery
• Parasites and Deworming – How to perform fecal analysis
• Body Condition Scoring – Tracking the well being of your animals
• Injections – How to give subcutaneous and intra-muscular injections
• Ultrasound – Demonstration of ultrasound use for pregnancy diagnosis and breeding soundness evaluation

Friday evening, an open forum and dinner is being organized for local veterinarians to meet and discuss pertinent health issues.

Saturday, April 22, 2006 - Lectures will focus on farm and herd management for better health.
Speakers are Dr. David Pugh, Fort Dodge and Dan Linden, Ohio State University

Topics will include:
• Parasites
• Nutrition
• Farm Layout
• Pasture Management/ Design
• Rotational grazing

Sunday, April 23, 2006 - Lectures will focus on infectious disease prevention and reproduction medicine.
Speakers are Dr. Jeffrey Hamer, New Jersey Department of Agriculture and Dr. Shari Silverman, Abbey Rose Veterinary Services

Topics will include:
• Vaccinations
• Emerging diseases – BVD (Bovine Viral Diarrhea), Leptospirosis, West Nile Virus, EE (Equine Encephalomyelitis)
• Female Reproduction – anatomy, physiology, and causes of infertility
• Neonatology – Caring for the newborn cria
• The pre-purchase exam – Why and how and top 10 questions to ask the seller before you buy

Visit www.abbeyrosevet.com/events.htm to see pictures from April 9-10 2005 seminar.