Friday, September 20

Small Ruminant Short Course and Ram/Buck Test Sale

3rd Annual Small Ruminant Short Course

By University of Florida

Date and time

September 20 · 7:30am - September 21 · 7:30pm EDT

Location

Straughn IFAS Extension Professional Development Center

2142 Shealy Drive Gainesville, FL 32608

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About this event

1 day 12 hours

The third annual UF Small Ruminant Short Course will be held on September 20-21, 2024. The Pre-conference Seminars will being on September 19 limited tickets available for purchase. The event is a collaboration among UF/IFAS Extension, the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, the UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, and the UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences. Producers, extension specialists and agents, researchers, students, and allied industry members are welcome to attend the in-person, educational event. The program will include lectures and demonstrations from industry experts. The event will be held in conjunction with the 2024 University of Florida Ram/Buck Test and Sale.

Registration for general admission open May 1st, 2024.

Locations:

Friday am September 20, 2024 Straughn Professional Development Center

2142 Shealy Dr.

Gainesville, FL 32611

Friday pm September 20, 2024 Saturday September 21, 2024 University of Florida Horse Teaching Unit

1934 SW 63rd Ave

Gainesville, FL 32608

Saturday September 21, 2024 University of Florida Horse Teaching Unit

1934 SW 63rd Ave

Gainesville, FL 32608

Visit the University of Florida's Small Ruminant Extension website for more information about this event at

https://animal.ifas.ufl.edu/smallruminant/small-ruminant-short-course/

If you have dietary restrictions of any kind please reach out to Matti Moyer at matti.moyer@ufl.edu for proper arrangements.

I f you are looking for a place to stay while attending this event we have arranged room blocks at the following two locations:

Homewood Suites by Hilton

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Hilton Garden Inn Gainesville

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Organized by

University of Florida

This unique program is a collaborative effort of the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Department of Animal Sciences of the University of Florida and the University of Missouri (UM) Extension to bring topnotch information and training exclusively for veterinarians. During the program, there will be the opportunity for hands-on activity and a classroom educational program. We will focus on:

-Demonstrating the ultrasound-based Reproductive Tracts Score (RTS) system used by UF and UM faculty;

-Providing instruction on how to Reproductive Tracts Score (RTS) heifers focusing in the hands-on standardization with Food Animal DVMs from UF and UM;

-Sharing benchmarks information on data collected throughout the state of Florida related to the pubertal status and reproductive performance of beef heifers (the “Know Your Heifer” program) and also the well-established UM heifer program (the “Show-me Select” program);

- Chat with Floridian Food Animal DVMs about the opportunities to collaborate with the UF-“Know Your Heifer” program;

-The workshop will offer up to 4 hours of approved CE credits to licensed DVM in the state of Florida.

$0 – $1,500