KikoFest 2007 Program Schedule

Know Your Kiko Inside and Out!

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Teaching Workshops – (participation is limited, pre-registration required):

FAMACHA Training/Certification - 8:00 am – 9:45 am (or until all are trained)

Registration Fee: $15

Taught by:

Drs. Andy and Jen Miller

Certified Trainers

Artificial Insemination of Goats

Registration Fee: $25 (includes Parts I/II)

Part I – 10:00 am – Noon

Part II – 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (or until all are trained to do the AI procedure)

Taught by:

Dr. Maria Leite-Browning

Alabama A & M University Extension

Lunch – Noon – 1:00pm

Lunch will be available for purchase at the Fairgrounds on Thursday.

Goat Healthcare Techniques – 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Registration Fee: $10

Taught by:

Dr. Joseph Garvin

Director of Laboratory Services, VDACS

Goat Internal Anatomy/Necropsy – 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Registration Fee: $10

Taught by:

Dr. Joseph Garvin

Director of Laboratory Services, VDACS

Friday, September 14, 2007

Seminars –

8:00 am Meat Goat Forage Research

Dr. Kenneth Turner

Lead Research Animal Scientist

USDA, Agricultural Research Service

Forages for Small Ruminants (Cool and Warm Season)

Dr. Kim Cassida

Forage Agronomist

USDA, Agricultural Research Service

9:15 am Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test

Video Presentation

9:30 am Break

9:45 am TSU Meat Goat Performance Research Update

Dr. Richard Browning

Tennessee State University

11:00 am Meat Goat Grading and Carcass Evaluation

(Speaker to be announced)

Noon LUNCH - available for purchase at the fairgrounds

1:30 pm Internal Parasite Management – An Integrated Approach and Alternative Strategies

Dr. James Miller

Dept. of Pathobiological Sciences

School of Veterinary Medicine

Louisiana State University

2:30 pm Understanding Chronic Diseases in Goats

Dr. Kevin Pelzer

Production Management Medicine

Dept. of Large Animal Clinical Sciences

VA/MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

3:30 pm Break

3:45 pm On-Farm Record Keeping and Performance Testing of Meat Goats

--A Teaching Round Table (with all seminar presenters)

5:30 pm Visit vendors and the sale barn

6:30 pm KikoFest Dinner – Dinner Speaker TBA

8:00 pm IKGA Business Meeting – Election results announced, New Association business presented and discussed

An IKGA Board of Directors/Officers Meeting will follow the Business Meeting.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

KikoFest Auction (Everyone welcome – no fee to attend!)

8:00 am - 9:30 am – View Goats

9:30 am - IKGA Benefit Auction

9:45 am - KikoFest Goat Auction Begins

The KikoFest Silent Auction will conclude 45 minutes after the regular auction.

Food will be available for purchase.