![]() Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee it is our pleasure to invite you to attend the “12th International Conference on Goats - ICG 2016”, which will take place between September 25-30, 2016 in the great city of Antalya, Turkey. We are delighted to welcome all delegates to this event. Goat production professionals in the disciplines of sustainability, management, social aspects, health and association establishment from all over the world will have the opportunity to learn new knowledge, share experiences and explore the exciting city of Antalya and + its surrounds. Important Dates for Submission Abstract Submission Deadline: 01 March 2016 Notification of Acceptance of the Abstracts: 01 June 2016 Full paper admission: 01 July 2016 Important Dates for Registration Early Registration Deadline (for Registration Payment): 01 July 2016 Author Payment Deadline: 01 July 2016 Scientific Topics We kindly invite academy/faculty members, researchers, students as well as industry professionals who are interested in, presenting their research and/or academic experience in goat production, sustainability and animal health or related topics, to participate in the ICG 2016 Conference to share their works. There will be also round table meetings for industry professionals to discuss latest developments on goat production and there will be workshops about different topics. Selected papers from oral and poster presentations will be published in Small Ruminant Research, published by Elsevier.
Learn more at the conference website: http://icg2016.org Dr. Irfan Daskiran Chair Dr. Nazan Koluman General Secretary
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Written by Warren Foote
It is a pleasure to add my personal congratulations, feelings and best wishes to Dr. Pierre Morand-Fehr in recognition of his retirement to the many others. I first personally became acquainted with Pierre when we gathered as a small group and worked together to form the International Goat Association during the Third International Conference on Goat at Tucson, Arizona, USA in 1982. He accepted the call to leadership, serving first on the board of directors and some years later as President and has continued to serve to the present and will surely continue in the future. His reputation as a scientist and his personal association and friendship, especially with others working with goats throughout the world, along with his leadership has contributed much to the initial and continued success of IGA. Special thanks to Irma Del Rosario Celi Mariátegui and Jean-Marie Luginbuhl for translating this article into English and sharing it with the IGA community.
On Sunday, February 23, 2014, the VIII Goat Show of the Chillón River Valley took place in the picnic area “Aqui me Quedo,” located at kilometer 39 of the highway Lima-Canta in the locality of Trapiche. The event was organized by the Ecological Village Livestock Center, The Santa Rosa Office of Agriculture - Agriculture Agency of Canta of the General Directorate of Agriculture (Lima Regional Government), and the Santa Rosa de Quives town hall. The sponsors were the Ecology Institute for Development (IED), the Perulactea network, the Technological Private Institute of Higher Education in Agricultural Techniques (INTAP), Veterinaria San Martin and Moligranjeros S.A.C. Written by Rosalee Sinn
On the occasion of his formal retirement from INRA, The French National Institute for Agricultural Research, the International Goat Association sends a message of appreciation to Pierre Morand-Fehr, celebrating excellence in leadership. As a member of the INRA staff Morand-Fehr has explored many of today’s complex agricultural issues. He has extended his leadership as an active member of the International Goat Association. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors and was President of IGA from 2000-2004. Morand-Fehr provided leadership for two of IGA’s outstanding conferences held in Tours in 1971 and 2000. ![]() The Algerian Milking Goat Association in El-Méniaa, under the patronage of the Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development wishes to inform you that they will be hosting the 2nd edition of the National & International Exhibition of Goat Breeding, Feed and Agricultural Machinery in downtown El-Méniaa City, Ghardaïa, Algeria on October 15-17, 2014. The association of milking goats, organizer of the event, was founded in 2011 in El-Méniaa City and wants to help farmers to improve the quality of their products and expand their herds of dairy goats. The consumption of milk, meat and goat cheeses are, among others, the expected goals by this young association. ![]() Capr’inov the show of the professionals of the goat field, will take place on November 26th and 27th, 2014 in Niort in France. Created in 2006 Capr'inov reunites all the actors of the caprine sector, during two days and attempts to value the professional skill, the know-how, and the innovations appropriate for the field. This show will include: meetings and exchanges, conferences, caprine competitions, genetic presentations, demonstrations, tastings, etc., and is based in Niort in Poitou-Charente (France), the birthplace of goat production. We hope you will attend this show. For more information visit their website (www.caprinov.fr), or watch their video on YouTube. This year will be the 3rd Annual National Goat Expo. This year’s NGE will take place September 25-29, 2014 at the McLean County Fairgrounds in Bloomington, Illinois.
The first year was a huge success with 400-450 goats in attendance in 2012 with about 600-800 people in attendance with their goats or for seminars. In 2013, this number increased to a total of 825 goats in attendance for show and exhibit, people in numbers for the 5 days increased to 2500+ attending seminars and shows, showing goats or being vendors. The organizers are excited to announce they have increased attendance again, and the number of goats showing at NGE. Boer goats were the highest in number with 162 goats. A three-day short course on goat artificial insemination is scheduled for Aug. 11-13 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C.
The course will feature presentations by faculty members from North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University. It is designed to provide participants with the background and hands-on practice needed to include artificial insemination in goat breeding programs. Feedipedia is an open access information system on animal feed resources that provides information on nature, occurrence, chemical composition, nutritional value and safe use of nearly 1400 worldwide livestock feeds. It is managed jointly by INRA, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO.
The main objective of Feedipedia is to provide extension and development workers, planners, project formulators, livestock farmers, science managers, policy makers, students and researchers with the latest scientific information to help them identify, characterize and properly use feed resources to sustainably develop the livestock sector. ![]() The Congress will take place on October 16-18, 2014, in Konya, Türkiye (Turkey). The aims of SRC preparation are for both celebration the 100th year anniversary of establishment of BDIARI in 1914 and sharing the recent advances of sustainable sheep and goat production. A large numbers of scientists and representatives from all over the world will be participating in this congress, which indicates the high interest in the field of sheep and goat Production. Our congress aims to transfer the recent advances in our professional field, to our colleagues, academicians, industries, and related stakeholders to increase professional knowledge accumulation and to gather our colleagues in a social environment. In order to share a scientifically abundant program, we will be very pleased to have you in our Congress hosting expert speakers from Turkey and abroad. |
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