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AFA 2008 Convention

July 30 - August 2, 2008 • St. Louis, MO


Speakers

The Keynote Speaker for the 2008 Convention is Walt Frey, Ph.D.

The following is a partial list of scheduled speakers:

 

Mattie Sue Athan

  • Retired Breeder Cockatoos - Where Should They Go?
   

Laurie B. Baker

  • Understanding Basic Bird Behavior
   

April Blazich

  • Wonder Weeds
  • What's Good for the Goose is Good for the Whole Flock!
   

Carolyn Carr

  • Belize - Life in a Subtropical Country with Emphasis on the Development of a Program to Protect the Keel-bill Toucan
   

Neville Connors

  • Australian Cockatoos in the Wild and in the Aviary
  • Australian Lorikeets!  The Advancements Over the Past Two Decades
   

Jason Crean

  • The Beak Speaks!  The Green Aracari in Aviculture
   

Thomas M. Edling, DVM, MSpVM

  • Aviculture and the Retail Pet Industry
   

Susan W. Farlow

  • Effective Communication in Human and Avian Encounters
   
 

Madeleine Franco

  • Flock Management Techniques for the "Excessively Enthusiastic" Avicultural Hobbyist
   

Walter Frey, Ph.D.

  • Keynote Address
  • Flocking Birds from a Breeder's Perspective
   

Carol Frischmann
Sponsored by International Conure Association

  • Preparing Companion Bird Buyers for a Lifetime Commitment
   

Bennett Hennessey
Sponsored by Bird Endowment

  • Where a Park Won't Do: Conservation Actions with Local Communities to Help Protect the Bolivian Red-fronted Macaw (Ara rubrogenys)
  • Protecting a Subspecies before it becomes an Extinct Species: The Palkachupa Cotinga (Phibalura boliviana) in Bolivia
  • Conservation Actions for the Wattled Curassow (Crax globulosa) and the Peruvian Southern Horned-Curassow (Pauxi unicornis koepckea)
  • Saving the Critically Endangered, Bolivian Endemic Blue-throated Macaw (Ara glaucogularis)
   
 

Sharman Hoppes, DVM, Diplomate ABVP-Avian
Texas A&M University

  • Update on Proventricular Dilatation Disease
   

Jerry Jennings

  • Toucans
   

Terri Jones

  • Attracting the Young Aviculturist
  • Make Bird Toys from Nothing!
   

Karen Justice

  • Training the Spix's Macaws - A "Spix-Rerience"
   

Josef Lindholm III

  • Cotingas in the Twenty-First Century
  • Birds in Germany: Ten Zoos in Thirteen Days or, if This is Thursday, it Must Be Krefeld!
   

Adrianne W. Mock

  • Environmental Enrichment for Captive Birds
   

Mark Romansky

  • Anatomy of a Successful Parrot Rehoming Program
   

Jean Pattison

  • Dos and Do Nots of Breeding and Raising Greys and Other African Parrots
   

Linda S. Rubin

  • Linebreeding Practices in Psittacine Husbandry
  • Linebreeding Small Hookbills for Health, Fertility and Longevity
   

Wayne E. Smyth

 

   

Nancy Speed

  • Inside the Nestbox of the Cuban Amazon

 

   

Darrel Styles, DVM, Ph.D.

  • Update on Avian Influenza

 

   
 

Dr. Ian Tizard, BVMS, Ph.D., ACVM
Texas A&M University

  • The Status of the Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center and Its Role in Aviculture
   

Ricardo Valentin
Sponsored by Amigos de las Aves USA and Schubot Exotic Health Center

  • History of the Puerto Rican Parrot Captive Propagation Program Based on Experience at Rio Abaja Aviary
  • Successful Breeding of the Puerto Rican Parrot at the Rio Abajo Aviary
   

Genny Wall

  • Introduction to the Politics of Animal Legislation
   

David Waugh, Ph. D.

  • Is Sustainable Trade of Wild Parrots Possible for Their Conservation in Cameroon?

 

   

Jamie Whittaker

  • Retailing Birds - How Retailers Earn Their Money
  • The Aviculture Puzzle
   

Bonnie Zimmermann

  • Kembali Bebas Avian Rehabilitation Center - Evolution of a Dream