2025 Goat Day Presentations
Updates for the 2025 program will be made as they are available.
Artificial Kid Rearing: Nutrition and management for optimal results
Presented by: Dr. Andrea Mongini, Partner, M&M Veterinary Practice, California
This presentation will cover nutrition and management of kids from birth to weaning. Common problems, trouble-shooting, and benchmarks for successful kid rearing will be covered, also.
Dr. Mongini is partner in M&M Veterinary Practice, which she operates with her husband, Dr. Craig Meadows. The practice specializes in dairy cattle, dairy goats, and dairy sheep with an emphasis on herd health, nutrition, and production management. Dr. Mongini has a master’s degree in nutrition and provides nutrition and management consultation to small ruminant dairy operations around the United States. She also owns and operates Ewetopia Dairy, an East Friesian sheep dairy. She was awarded the AASRP Small Ruminant Practitioner of the year in 2023.
Presentation begins Friday January 10th, 2025 at 10:00 am.
Breeding goats in and Out of Season
Presented by: Dr. Chris Buschbeck, Large Animal Veterinarian, Markdale Veterinary Services
This presentation will discuss methods to induce estrus and synchronize goats in and out of season.
Chris Buschbeck was born in Germany a long time ago, where she attended the University in Kiel and earned a master degree in agriculture. After immigrating to Canada in 1988 she worked for the University of Guelph as a research assistant before going back to school for her degree in veterinary medicine. She has been working at Markdale Veterinary Services since 2000, when she, her husband and two boys relocated their dairy sheep farm to Grey County. Chris is involved in the sheep industry as a breeder of East Friesians, a frequent lecturer at producer meetings and an owner of SRGenetics, a company that offers artificial insemination services for sheep and goats. She is currently the Vice President of SRVO, The Association Of Small Ruminant Veterinarians Of Ontario. Chris and her brother used to be avid 3-day-eventers, but now settle to take their horses for a good run through the bush when they find time.
Presentation begins Friday January 10th, 2025 at 11:00 am.
Ontario Goat Update
Presented by: Jim Millington, General Manager, Ontario Goat
An update on the activities of Ontario Goat.
Jim is an Agri-Business professional with over 30 years experience in the Canadian Agri-Food industry. He has specialized in Supply-Chain Management working in the feed, seed and food industries.
Presentation begins Friday January 10th, 2025 at 1:15 pm.
Research Update: Sustainable Parasite Control (Lower Hall)
In this presentation, Drs. Borkowski and Evered will present an update on their ongoing work to help Ontario goat farmers sustainably manage parasitic worms. We will highlight key findings from our 2022 study on worm species in Ontario and preliminary results from our 2023 project on immune responses to parasites.
Presented by: Emma A. Borkowski, Assistant Professor, Ontario Veterinary College
Emma obtained her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree at the Ontario Veterinary College in 2015. She became board certified in Anatomic Pathology in 2018 and completed her PhD in 2019. Her PhD work assessed immunity to gastrointestinal parasites in sheep. Following graduation she moved to England and joined the University of Surrey as a Teaching Fellow in Anatomic Pathology. After 2.5 years and a global pandemic, Emma rejoined the Ontario Veterinary College as an Assistant Professor in Anatomic Pathology in January 2022. She is continuing her work to understand and leverage host immune responses in control of parasites in both sheep and goats.
Presenter: Dr. Caitlin Evered, BSc, MSc, DVM, Ontario Veterinary College
Info coming soon.
Presentation begins Friday January 10th, 2025 at 1:45 pm.
Goat milk and everything in it: The science and nutrition behind milk components (Upper Hall)
Presented by: Dr. Andrea Mongini, Partner, M&M Veterinary Practice, California
This presentation covers the science behind how milk components are formed and how nutrition affects them. The focus will be on basic nutrition and diet manipulation with a background on how rumen function affects both goat health and milk production.
Dr. Mongini is partner in M&M Veterinary Practice, which she operates with her husband, Dr. Craig Meadows. The practice specializes in dairy cattle, dairy goats, and dairy sheep with an emphasis on herd health, nutrition, and production management. Dr. Mongini has a master’s degree in nutrition and provides nutrition and management consultation to small ruminant dairy operations around the United States. She also owns and operates Ewetopia Dairy, an East Friesian sheep dairy. She was awarded the AASRP Small Ruminant Practitioner of the year in 2023.
Presentation begins Friday January 10th, 2025 at 1:45 pm.
Panel: Farm Tour
Two producers share their operations and take questions from the crowd.
Panelist: Josh Landman, Owner, Grand Valley Farm
Josh Landman has operated Grand River Farm since 2017. He milks 500 Alpine & Toggenberg goats in a double-16 rapid-exit parlour made by Greenoak.
Panelist: Ryan O'Shea
Info coming soon.
Presentation begins Friday January 10th, 2025 at 3:05 pm.
And don't forget to take a look at the list of On-Demand presentations which you can watch throughout the conference and for the thirty days following! Use the button on the left to browse full details for those!
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