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1997 Virginia-North Carolina Shepherds' Symposium Program
Livestock Update, November 1997
Bill McKinnon, Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech
| Friday, December 5
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| 11:00 AM | Registration, Conference Registration Window at Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center
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| Auditorium
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| 1:30 PM | "Sheep Flock Health Plan and Human Health Risks" - Dr. Kevin Pelzer and Dr. Jerry Roberson, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
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| 2:15 PM | "Appropriate Use of Sheep Health Products: Prescribed and Over the Counter" -
Dr. W. Dee Whittier, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
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| 3:00 PM | Break
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| 3:30 PM | "Lambing Management 101" - Dr. Kevin Pelzer,
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
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| 3:30 PM | Virginia Sheep Industry Association Board of Directors Meeting -- Open to All; Executive Conference Room
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| 4:15 PM | "Cloning Sheep and the Human Perspective" - Dr. Will Eyestone, Pharmaceutical Proteins Limited, Inc., Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, Blacksburg, Va.
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| 6:30 PM | Lamb Banquet, $12/Adult and $6/Youth Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Gary Minish, Head, Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech After-Dinner Musical Entertainment
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| Saturday, December 6
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| 7:00 AM | Virginia Sheep Producers Association Breakfast and Annual Meeting - $4.00/Person "Sheep and Shepherds: Models for Life" - Dr. Mike Ellerbrock, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech General Session, Rear Auditorium
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| 8:30 AM | "Tax Update: Capital Gains Taxation and Hobby vs. for Profit Farming" - Mr. Tom Covey, Extension Agent, Farm Business Management, Virginia Tech
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| 9:15 AM | Break
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| 10:00 AM | Concurrent Sessions
"Sheep Feeding Alternatives" - Dr. Mark Wahlberg, Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech;
"Sheep Handling and Sheep Identification Methods" - Dr. Steve Umberger, Virginia Tech and Kenneth Townsend, Townsend Sales, Trafalgar, Ind.;
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| 11:00 AM | "Lamb Grades and Marketing Alternatives" - Mr. John Beahm & Mr. Mike Carpenter, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and Mr. Bill McKinnon, Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech; Location: Copenhaver Sheep Center
Wool Spinning and Weaving History - "The Magic of Wool Yarn -- Spinning Through the Ages" - Lynn Cosell, Pearisburg, Va., and Katie McLaughlin, Tazewell, Va.;
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| Noon | Adjourn | |
| Optional Tour of Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine | ||