Speaker
Topics:
Dr. Natalie Antinoff: Take a deep breath: exploring the avian respiratory system.
Dr. Debra McDonald: Talk 1. Formulating diets for birds - getting the balance right.. (this will be the presentation on the first night using 'live' foods and scales and getting people to talk about the diets that they use and showing them where nutritional imbalances can occur. I will also cover key ingredients used in commercial formulations and how to interpret labels etc. I will try to make this a truly interactive experience rather than just a 'lecture'.
Talk 2. Nutritional implications for key diseases in psittacines - the approach of a wildlife nutritionist.
Talk 3. The science of formulating hand rearing diets for psittacines.
Dr Rebecca Fox: Harmony for the Feathered Set: Why Personality Matters to Parrots, Too.
Dr Susan Friedman: Pavlov’s Parrots: Understanding and Extinguishing Learned Fear Triggers.
Barbara Heidenreich: Reinforcers and Creating Motivation.
Leslie Moran: Body & Spirit: Preventive & Alternative Holistic Care.
Dr. Geoff Olsen: A comparative study of laboratory test results using duplicate avian samples.
Dr. Ian Tizard: Franken Birds: Cloning & Genetic Manipulation-can it save species?
Nancy Speed: Nestbox video of the Cuban Amazon.
(She will also bring the rare Cuban and Vinaceous Amazons to Parrot Festival)
