Residents who own or are interested in owning backyard poultry are encouraged to attend the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, Backyard Poultry Health Seminar on April 6 in College Station.

A chick is standing at the feeder at a farm. Participants can learn how to keep backyard poultry healthy during the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab Backyard Poultry Seminar.
Participants can learn how to keep their backyard poultry healthy and safe from infectious diseases during the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab Backyard Poultry Seminar that will be held on April 6. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

The event will be from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M Beef Center, 7707 Raymond Stotzer Parkway. Registration cost for the first person is $25 and $15 for each additional person until March 21. After March 21, registration is $25 for all registrants.

Registration is limited and available online only at https://tx.ag/SpringPoultrySeminar. The deadline to register is at 5 p.m. on March 29.

Once registered, participants will receive an email containing the event location information and directions to the facility where the seminar will be held.

Participants also must be over 10 years old to attend and registration is required for every participant in the party. There will be no refunds issued for this event.

Seminar audience and topics          

The seminar is geared toward backyard poultry owners or those interested in owning backyard poultry and wanting more information on poultry health and the other TVMDL programs. Information will be tailored to a beginner level.                                                               

Topics will include the following:

  • Poultry nutrition — Greg Archer, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service poultry specialist and professor in the Department of Poultry Science, Bryan-College Station.
  • Poultry parasitology — Mindy Borst, clinical pathology assistant section head, TVMDL, Bryan-College Station.
  • National Poultry Improvement Plan and Texas Pullorum Typhoid Program — Sydney Rosario, poultry programs administrator, TVMDL, Bryan-College Station.
  • How to use a veterinary diagnostic laboratory — TVMDL staff.
  • Texas Animal Health Commission poultry programs — Dawna Michalke, livestock inspector, Texas Animal Health Commission, Sealy.
  • Biosecurity and avian influenza — Terry Hensley, DVM, TVMDL assistant agency director and AgriLife Extension veterinarian, Bryan-College Station.

For more information, email [email protected] or call 979-845-3414.

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