Agenda - Fourth Annual GFIA Conference

Guinea Fowl Conference
April 3-5, 2009
Carvel Center
Georgetown, Delaware, USA



Pre-Conference Welcome Dinner (Thursday Evening, April 2)

  •   5:00  -  9:00  -  Welcome Dinner - For GFIA Conference Attendees (Location TBA)

    Day 1: Small-Scale Poultry Health (Friday, April 3)

  •   7:00  -  8:00  -  Breakfast (on your own)
  •   8:00  -  8:15  -  Introduction
  •   8:15  -  8:45  -  Why Keep Guineas? (Dr. Nick Zimmerman)
  •   8:45  -  9:45  -  The Basics of Biosecurity & Survey Results (Dr. Jennifer Timmons)
  •   9:45  -10:30  -  Biosecurity Scenarios (Dr. Brigid McCrea)
  • 10:30  -10:45  -  Break
  • 10:45  -11:45  -  Diseases of Guinea Fowl (Dr. Daniel Bautista, Avian Veterinarian)
  • 11:45  -12:00  -  Biosecurity & Disease Q&A Panel
  • 12:00  -  1:00  -  Lunch
  •   1:00  -  2:00  -  Common Internal and External Parasites of Game Birds: Conventional Products
                                  (Dr. Steve Fitz-Coy)
  •   2:00  -  3:00  -  Common Internal and External Parasites of Game Birds: Alternative Treatments
                                  (Dr. Brigid McCrea)
  •   3:00  -  3:15  -  Break
  •   3:15  -  4:15  -  State Regulations and Crossing State Lines (Dr. Jo Chapman)
  •   4:15  -  4:30  -  Health & Nutrition Survey (Dr. Brigid McCrea)
  •   6:00  -  7:00  -  Dinner (Location TBA)
  •   7:30  -  9:00  -  Guinea Fowl International - General Meeting

    Day 2: Small-Scale Poultry Management (Saturday, April 4)

  •   7:00  -  8:00  -  Breakfast (on your own)
  •   8:00  -  9:00  -  Raising Wild Waterfowl (Dr. Rich Barczewski)
  •   9:00  -11:30  -  Farm Tour (Location TBA)
  • 12:00  -  1:15  -  Lunch & Poultry Tasting
  •   1:15  -  1:45  -  Good Reads for Poultry Owners (Dr. Brigid McCrea)
  •   1:45  -  2:45  -  Profiting from a Small Flock (Mr. John Clendaniel)
  •   2:45  -  3:30  -  Preparing Birds for Show (Mr. Michael Wasylkowski)
  •   3:30  -  5:30  -  Japanese Washi Egg Demonstration & Activity (Dr. Brigid McCrea)
  •   6:00  -  7:00  -  Dinner

    Day 3: Small-Scale Poultry Species (Sunday, April 5)

  •   7:00  -  8:00  -  Breakfast (on your own)
  •   8:00  -  9:15  -  Feeding and Nutrition of Exotics (Dr. Bill Saylor)
  •   9:15  -10:00  -  Housing and Ventilation (Dr. Gary VanWicklen)
  • 10:15  -11:15  -  Salmonella and Campylobacter from Farm to Fork:
                                  Guinea Fowl and Other Niche Species (Dr. Brigid McCrea)
  • 11:15  -12:00  -  Judging Guineas and The Standard (Mr. S. Robert Powell, APA Judge)
  • 12:00  -  1:00  -  Lunch and Goodbyes