Futurity: Seminars

Seminar Information Friday, November 20th, 2009

1:00 – 2:30pm Breeding the Prepotent Alpaca with Dr. Wayne C. Jarvis, DDS.

Understanding and using genetic principles to develop a line of true breeding alpacas

Dr. Wayne C. Jarvis, DDS

Dr.Wayne Jarvis

Dr. Wayne Jarvis lives with his wife and five daughters at Sixth Day Farm in Holley, New York. He studied chemical engineering, chemistry, and biology, including genetics as an undergraduate, and has been interested in genetics throughout his career as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon treating developmental deformities of the face and jaws. He lectures frequently around the world on bone graft and implant reconstructive surgery for the jaws, implantology, the genetics of animal breeding and other scientific topics.

2:30 – 3:00 break

3:00 – 4:30 pm Youth programs the path to our future with David Barboza

5:00 – 6:30 pm Showmanship with David Barboza

David Barboza

David Barboza

David Barboza volunteering as a ring steward recognized the process and challenges that livestock judging presented and decided to attend the International Alpaca Judging School in 2001. After returning from Peru he began the AOBA judges training program and completed his certification in both IAJS and AOBA as a halter, fleece and performance judge. He judged his first show in 2006 and has judged over 20 shows both in the US and Canada. David now works full-time in the Alpaca Industry dividing his time between his ranch, volunteering on the AOBA board and teaching seminars. In 2006 together with his wife Brenda they started ACE, Alpaca Continuing Education^sm, which provides cutting edge training and education for the Alpaca breeder. Today David and Brenda run their ranch, RanchoNC Alpacas, in the foothills of Northern California and devote their full-time attention to the Alpaca Industry.

Acknowledgement: 
Funding for this project was provided in part by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultural Adaptation Council