KEY BENEFIT: Transform your nutritional management for your alpaca or llama herd
A healthy herd is a happy herd: a happy herd delivers a happy owner!
Better herd health improves immunity and disease resistance = less disease
Less money spent on health-related problems
More time to enjoy your herd due to less time fixing problems
For vets, understand how to help your clients develop optimal nutrition programmes that are tailored to suit their needs.
A greater understanding of how the feed you provide your animals gets used and metabolised
The unique adaptations of camelids relating to nutrition
Why you should feed some feedstuffs and not others
Demystify the forage analysis and feed bag labels
All about supplements – what, when and how to use them to complement forage feeding
Learn how to develop a practical feeding programme and when and how to tweak it to suit differing requirements
Including how to get weight on, AND how to get weight OFF!
Use of simple tools to help you balance the ration
Discover how optimal nutrition affects reproductive performance
How to properly feed to support breeding and pregnancy
Recent work addressing body condition, phosphorus and protein effects on reproduction will be presented
Develop an appreciation for the impact of nutrition on the growth and health of crias during 4 different feeding stages – during pregnancy nutrition, colostrum feeding, C1 development and weaning, and post-weaning growth.
Understand cria growth and what expected rate of gain and growth curves tell you about your feeding programme. Learn how to use growth curves in evaluating cria growth and development and what dietary factors might impact quality of growth.
3 days of live online training with the world’s foremost expert on camelid nutrition.
Live Q&A with both Bob Van Saun and Claire Whitehead – we understand that sometimes nutrition can be challenging, and we want to ensure that you understand what is presented. Remember that there is no such thing as a stupid question, only regret afterwards for not asking!
Course notes as downloads.
A continuing education certificate will be provided at the end of the course.
BONUS #1! Ration formulation tool - this tool is genius! AND you will be shown how to make the most of it during an entire session on the Masterclass. Put in the details about your animals and your feed and it will calculate the nutrients supplied by your ration and where you have imbalances or deficiencies that need correcting.
BONUS #2! Access to the Zoom recordings for 3 months after the event.
I know this course is going to massively expand your knowledge on camelid nutrition and transform your nutritional management!
Don't miss this opportunity - I don't know if it will be repeated.
- Claire E Whitehead BVM&S MS DACVIM FHEA MRCVS
The Alpaca Vet (Camelid Veterinary Services Ltd)
Thursday 3rd October
(1 – 7pm UK, 8am – 2pm EST)
Introduction and understanding the beast!
Reading your forage analysis
Feed intake relative to requirements
Practical feeding programmes
Saturday 5th October
(1 - 7.30pm UK, 8am – 2.30pm EST)
Introduction to dietary formulation
Using dietary supplements
Practical feeding programmes
Feeding for optimal reproduction
Sunday 6th October
(1 - 6pm UK, 8am – 1pm EST)
Review formulated diets - discussion
Vitamin D nutrition of camelids
Feeding the neonatal cria
Monitoring camelid growth
Click here for more detail about the programme.
Full Price: £697 + VAT where applicable (per person)
Registration is open to ALL.
Payment by instalment is also available for those based in the UK - when you click on the Enrol link, you will be given the option to pay in full or by instalments by clicking on the "Klarna" option.
For delegates outside of the UK, please provide a business name and VAT number (or valid tax ID) to receive the course VAT-free. If you are a US-based business customer, please click here to email [email protected]: you will need to provide us with your business name and evidence of your business in order to receive the course free of UK sales tax.
Robert Van Saun received his DVM degree from Michigan State University in 1982. He practiced in northern New York in a predominately dairy practice prior to returning to Michigan State to complete a MS degree in nutrition (1988) and a residency in theriogenology (reproduction). Dr. Van Saun completed a PhD program in ruminant nutrition from Cornell University (1993). He is board certified diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists and American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Nutrition). Dr. Van Saun was on faculty at the College of Veterinary Medicine Oregon State University from (1992-2000) and worked with the dairy and small ruminant (sheep, goats, camelids) industries in the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Van Saun has completed research projects dealing with vitamin D, hepatic lipidosis, and trace mineral nutrition in llamas and alpacas. Dr. Van Saun joined the Penn State faculty in 2000 as an extension veterinarian and is currently a Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences. He authored the nutrition chapter for the Complete Alpaca book and South American Camelids Medicine and Surgery. His nutritional work with camelids was incorporated into the NRC 2007 publication on nutrient requirements of small ruminants.
FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN THIS COURSE
“The course was inspirational. It has lifted the veil on the phrase 'modified ruminant', it has explained how to better look after our alpacas. It had so much knowledge - I will be rewatching it for a long time to come, thank you very much Claire. ”
- FIonnuala Gryson, Ireland
“This masterclass on camelid nutrition was fantastic. It helped me understand my alpaca's needs in all stages of life, and made me re-evaluate our current feeding program. The digestive anatomy section was particularly enlightening. All topics were clearly explained by a very knowledgeable and competent speaker. Highly recommended - more please! ”
- Zoe Wakerly, Cheshire, UK
“The more I learn about nutrition the more important I find it is. Everything in the online course got me thinking, questioning my own herd management and reassuring me where I already have good practices in place. I am looking forward to re-visiting the recorded sessions, so that I can learn even more.”
- Kate Brookes, Mullacott Alpacas, Devon, UK
“Initial thought was “I can’t afford to spend two days with this course when I have so much to do!” Absolute nonsense, it was so worth the time. In fact, I’ll be investing more time to figure out what I missed. My herd will appreciate this in the long run. ”
- Eric Lohmann, Rocky Top Acres, Minnesota, USA
“I would highly recommend this course for the information I have learned which will help me to improve the nutrition of my alpacas. The section on Vitamin D and the different minerals was excellent as I know now what to administer. With regards to forage, this was very well covered and will be of great benefit.”
- Jane Kidd, Millstream Alpacas, Northern Ireland, UK
“As a participant from Australia I was unsure if the course would fully meet the needs of a participant from overseas. Claire had assured me that the content would be suitable for all regions of the world and true to her word the information provided gave participants the skills to take the nutritional requirements for their alpaca and apply it to the available nutrients in their regions. What an amazing lecturer Bob Van Saun is, bringing the complexities of nutrition down to layman's terms along with providing the tools to simplify the calculations needed for alpaca diets at different stages of their life cycle from maintenance feeding through to production feeding.
My alpaca and my bank balance will be beneficiaries of the knowledge I have gleaned from undertaking this course. "
- Carolyn Cumper, Riatta Alpaca, Australia
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