Fecal & IgG Testing Seminar
With Dr. Steve Purdy, UMass Camelid Studies
DATE: Sept. 20, 2008
TIME: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
COST: $200 per attendee
Please make check payable to Maple Brook Farm, LLC.
LOCATION: Maple Brook Farm, 893 East Mountain Road, Westfield, MA 01085
REGISTER HERE

This hands-on event is focused on testing for internal parasites in alpacas & llamas as well as measuring antibody transfer in newborn cria. Participants will have the opportunity to conduct fecal parasite tests and use a centrifuge & microscope to identify fecal parasites as well as test IgG level and total protein in crias.

Other topics may include (if time permits):

• Neonatal exams
  
• Antibody transfer in crias
  
• Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of intestinal parasites in alpacas & llamas
  
• Meningeal worm disease and prevention
  
• External parasites
  

Learn the benefits of performing your own tests and then learn how to test your alpacas and llamas for parasites yourself!

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