2005 AFA CONVENTION SPEAKERS LIST

Abstract

Laurie Baker

• The Elements of a High Quality Retail Operation

Yara Barros

• Lear's Macaw Recovery Program

Jason Beck

• Barbets in Aviculture

• Hornbills in Aviculture

Diane Bock

Sponsored by The Bird Endowment

• Working Together for the Betterment of Aviculture From the Perspective of a Hobbyist

Robert Bragg, Ph.D.

• Control of Infectious Diseases in Captive Parrots

• Increasing Our Understanding of Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease Virus

Leland Burns

Sponsored by the lntemational Conure Association • New Concepts in Aviary Design

Camille Cline

Keeper - Houston Zoo

• Co-parenting Quetzals: The Use of Supplemental Feeding to Ensure Chick Wellbeing

 

Susan Clubb, DVM

Sponsored by the International Conure Association

• Feather Damaging Behavior - It's More than

Just Plucking

• After the Diagnosis - Living with POD

• Parrots Inside and Out

• The History of Parrot Jungle

Kashmir Csaky

• Preparing Your Birds for a Future Without You

• Evaluating Rescue Centers for Your Birds

Jon-Mark Davey

Sponsored by the Quaker Parakeet Society

• Parrots In The City: A Day In The Life of a Quaker Parrot

Dianalee Deter

• Emergency Bird Care

Dann Dunst

• Galliformes

Susan Friedman, Ph.D. Utah State University

Sponsored by The Bird Endowment

• The Help at Hand: The Natural Science of Behavior

• Alternatives to Breaking Parrots

 

Jay Gonzales

Zoological Manager - Disney's Animal Kingdom • The Diversity of Ducks

Kevin Graham

Keeper - Disney's Animal Kingdom

• Remarkable birds - fabled creatures - Inspirational high notes and exasperating challenges

Steve Hartman

• Fundamental Biology of Flight

Dorrance Haught, Ph.D.

• Life Cycle Nutrition for Captive Birds

Simon Jensen

Curator of Birds, Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation

• Breeding Birds of Paradise at the Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation, Qatar

Marshall Liger

AFA South Carolina State Coordinator

• Young Today, Retired Tomorrow - Preparing the Next Generation

Greg Matuzak

Sponsored by Amigos de las Aves USA

• Ecology and Diet of Six Parrot Species in Costa Rica

Sandee Molenda

• There's No Business Like Show Business

• Legislative Issues: One Person Can Make a Difference

Julie Murad

• Parrot Welfare Organizations: An Essential Part of Healthy Aviculture

Lyrae Perry

• Mutations: Genetics for Smart Breeders

• Debunking Myths On and Off the Internet

Matthias Reinschmidt

Curator, Laro Parque Fundacion Sponsored by Loro Parque Fundacion

• What Now For The Spix's Macaw?

• The Conservation Of Endangered Parrots In Colombia

• The Laro Parque Parrot Collection

 

Grenville Roles

Curator of Birds - Disney's Animal Kingdom

• The value of Diversity in a Zoological Avian collection

Fred Smith

AFA Florida and Puerto Rico Regional Director • AFA Disaster Relief

Caroline Stahala

Sponsored by Parrots International

• The Bahama Parrot - Practical Conservation Measures

Mark Stafford

• Amore and Saving the Baby Blues - A Multimedia Presentation of Parrots in the Wild

Darrel Styles, DVM

• Infections & Metabolic Diseases of Softbilled Birds

• An Overview of Psittacine Reproductive Behavior & Infertility Problems

Roger Sweeney

Director of Animal Division, Parrot Jungle

• Pionus Parrots

• Keeping Parrots on Public Display

Richard Switzer

• Craters, Creepers & Crows: Conserving the Avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands through Captive Propagation

Jamie Whitaker

• The Life and Times of the Companion Parrot

Heather Wilson, DVM

University of Georgia

Sponsored by the Georgia Cage Bird Society

• Controlling Reproductive Behavior in the Companion Parrot

• Cancer in the Avian Patient: Diagnosis and Treatment Options

 

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