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AFA 2011 Convention

August 3-6 2011 • San Francisco, CA


Speakers

The following list is a preliminary list of
scheduled speakers at the convention. 

Keynote Speaker: Susan L. Clubb, DVM, Dipl. ABVP
(Avian)


The Past, Present and Future of Aviculture and the Pet Bird Industry

 

Fran Andersen

  • Lineolated Parakeets: A Breeder’s Perspective On Maximizing Pet Potential
   

Alycia Antheunisse

  • The Perfect Match: Ensuring The Right Parrot For The Right Person
   

Eric Antheunisse

  • Parrot Breeding For The American Pet Trade
   

Johanna "Jeleen" Briscoe, DVM, Dipl. ABVP (Avian)

  • The Animal Welfare Act and How Regulations Could Affect You
   

Susan L. Clubb, DVM, Dipl. ABVP (Avian)

  • Parrot Relinquishment In The United States
   

Nyla Copp

  • The Urban Aviary: An Insider's Thoughts For Getting Birds Outside
   

Jason Crean

  • Using DNA To Identify A Species
  • Mutations: How They Get From One Generation To Another
   

Kashmir Csaky

  • Understanding Reinforcement And Punishment: Why Does My Parrot Still Do That?
   

Steve Duncan

  • Nursery Management For Rearing Psittacines
  • Wild Parrots Of Southern California

Dann Dunst

  • Galliformes

M. Scott Echols, DVM, Dipl. ABVP (Avian)

  • Using Nutritional Supplements To Manage Avian Diseases
  • What Are We Really Feeding Our Birds?
   

Madeleine Franco

  • Knock Knock...Who's There? It's Animal Control!

 

   

Walt Frey, Ph.D.

  • Breeding And Keeping The Red-vented Cockatoo – A Model For Successful And Fun Aviculture
  • Mate Aggression: Example Cockatoos
   

James D. Gilardi, Ph.D.

  • World Parrot Trust – The Flyfree Campaign
   

Sharman Hoppes, DVM, Dipl. ABVP (Avian)

  • When A Dilated Proventriculus Is Not PDD
   

Hildegard “Hilla” Niemann

  • Beauty Lies In The Eyes Of The Beholder

Rainer Niemann, Ph.D.

  • From The Wild Into Our Homes
   

Rebecca O’Connor

  • Falconry, Conservation, And The Future

Lyrae Perry

  • Eat Or Be Eaten – The Business Of Birds
   

Matthias Reinschmidt, Ph.D.

  • Breeding Rare Macaws At The Loro Parque Fundación

Linda Rubin

  • The Ethology Of Australian Parrot Flocks And Captive Behaviors
   

Chris Shank

  • Living With Companion Free Flying Cockatoos
   

Robin Shewokis

  • Enriched And Organized…What A Concept!
  • Addressing Behavioral Issues With Enrichment Strategies
   

Daniel Sigmon

  • Ecological Philosophy and its Application to Keeping of Birds and Exotics
   

Nancy Speed

  • The Caique
   

Ian Tizard, BVMS, Ph.D., ACVM

  • Update On Progress On Avian Bornavirus And Proventricular Dilatation Disease
  • The Scarlet Macaw Genome Project
   
 

Genevieve Wall, JD, Attorney at Law

  • Back to our Roots: Grass Roots Legislation
   

Margrethe Warden

  • Lories in U.S. Aviculture
   

Leslie Woods, DVM, Ph.D., DACVP

  • A Potpourri of Disease Updates and Case Reports with Diagnostic Work-ups on Some Interesting Avian Cases at UC-Davis