Oregon State University 2008 Camelid Neonatal Conference

This is one of my two favorite seminars of the year. This event and the Camelid Symposium presented at the University of California at Davis in January of each year are the premier opportunities for us to get current information presented by the best camelid specialists in the country.

The 2008 Camelid Neonatal Conference will be presented at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, on Saturday, April 26th. This conference is a hands-on opportunity to learn how to give shots, tube feed a cria, body score your animals, correct a dystocia and a great opportunity to ask questions--and those are just the highlights. A portion of the day will include classroom presentations by Dr. Christopher Cebra and Dr. Pat Long and the text for the conference will be the most used book on our farm "Llama and Alpaca Neonatal Care" written by Drs. Smith, Timm and Long. This book is the first place we go if we have a question regarding a cria or mom. We have a copy in the barn, in the store, in our office, upstairs and downstairs and have even been known to travel with one during birthing season.

You get all the above and lunch too! Here is the registration form. Feel free to copy and paste it into an email and send it to bernadette.stang@oregonstate.edu or fax it to 541-737-6879. Don't miss this opportunity as it may not happen again until next year--though I keep trying to encourage them to schedule them more often.