The Teagasc Virtual Sheep Conference will take place across two evenings, Tuesday, 26th January and Thursday, 28th January, as a Zoom webinar between 8pm and 9pm.
Agenda for Tuesday, 26 January, 8pm
Hosted by Michael Gottstein, Head of Sheep Knowledge Transfer, Tea
- Nicola Fetherstone, Teagasc Walsh Scholar
INZAC – An Irish versus New Zealand animal comparison - Professor Paul Kenyon PhD, Head of School, School of Agriculture & Environment/Professor in Sheep Husbandry, Massey University, New Zealand
New Zealand feeding guidelines for growing lambs to target live weights on herbage - Questions & Answers
Agenda for Thursday, 28th January, 8pm
Webinar Host – Damian Costello, Sheep Knowledge Transfer Specialist, Teagasc
- Áine O’Brien, Post-doctoral Researcher on Sheep Genetics and Genomics, Teagasc
Reducing labour at lambing: improving lamb vigour and ewe mothering ability through breeding - Ben Shrugnal – UK Vet
Laryngeal chrondritis is an obstructive disease of the upper respiratory tract in sheep caused by abscesses on the larynx which, along with swelling and inflammation of the throat, restrict the windpipe. (Texel Throat) - Questions & Answers
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