The Keynote Speaker for the 2008 Convention is Walt
Frey, Ph.D.
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Mattie Sue Athan
- Retired Breeder Cockatoos - Where Should They Go?
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Laurie B. Baker
- Understanding Basic Bird Behavior
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April Blazich
- Wonder Weeds
- What's Good for the Goose is Good for the Whole Flock!
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Carolyn Carr
- Belize - Life in a Subtropical Country with Emphasis on the
Development of a Program to Protect the Keel-bill Toucan
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Neville Connors
- Australian Cockatoos in the Wild and in the Aviary
- Australian Lorikeets! The Advancements Over the Past
Two Decades
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Jason Crean
- The Beak Speaks! The Green Aracari in Aviculture
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Thomas M. Edling, DVM, MSpVM
- Aviculture and the Retail Pet Industry
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Susan W. Farlow
- Effective Communication in Human and Avian Encounters
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Madeleine Franco
- Flock Management Techniques for the "Excessively
Enthusiastic" Avicultural Hobbyist
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Walter Frey, Ph.D.
- Keynote Address
- Flocking Birds from a Breeder's Perspective
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Carol Frischmann
Sponsored by International Conure
Association
- Preparing Companion Bird Buyers for a Lifetime Commitment
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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)
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Sharman Hoppes, DVM, Diplomate ABVP-Avian
Texas A&M University
- Update on Proventricular Dilatation Disease
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Terri Jones
- Attracting the Young Aviculturist
- Make Bird Toys from Nothing!
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Karen Justice
- Training the Spix's Macaws - A "Spix-Rerience"
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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!
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Adrianne W. Mock
- Environmental Enrichment for Captive Birds
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Mark Romansky
- Anatomy of a Successful Parrot Rehoming Program
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Jean Pattison
- Dos and Do Nots of Breeding and Raising Greys and Other
African Parrots
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Linda S. Rubin
- Linebreeding Practices in Psittacine Husbandry
- Linebreeding Small Hookbills for Health, Fertility and
Longevity
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Wayne E. Smyth
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Nancy Speed
- Inside the Nestbox of the Cuban Amazon
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Darrel Styles, DVM, Ph.D.
- Update on Avian Influenza
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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
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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
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Genny Wall
- Introduction to the Politics of Animal Legislation
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David Waugh, Ph. D.
- Is Sustainable Trade of Wild Parrots Possible for Their
Conservation in Cameroon?
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Jamie Whittaker
- Retailing Birds - How Retailers Earn Their Money
- The Aviculture Puzzle
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Bonnie Zimmermann
- Kembali Bebas Avian Rehabilitation Center - Evolution of a
Dream
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