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Precision Sheep Management: Moving from Research to Application

Small Ruminant Symposium: Precision Sheep Management: Moving from Research to Application

Monday, July 17, 2023
2:00 PM - 4:15 PM MT
Location: Albuquerque Convention Center, WEST UPPER: Ballroom B

    Chair(s)

  • Tom Murphy

    Research Geneticist
    USDA ARS U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
    Clay Center, Nebraska

Presentations:

  • 2:00 PM - 2:05 PM MT
    Small Ruminant Symposium Introduction
  • 2:05 PM - 2:25 PM MT
    Application of real-time location systems for automated behavioral monitoring in sheep

    Presenting Author: Sarah J.J. Adcock – Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Author: Jocelyn M. Woods – Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Author: Gretchen Peckler – Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • 2:25 PM - 2:45 PM MT
    Developing precision agriculture tools to capture behavior and performance in extensively managed sheep

    Presenting Author: Andrew Hess – University of Nevada Reno

    Author: Scott Huber – University of Nevada, Reno

    Author: John H. Bergeron – University of Nevada, Reno

    Author: Gary McCuin – University of Nevada Reno

    Author: Melanie Hess – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    Author: Tracy Shane – University of Nevada, Reno

    Author: Jason Karl – University of Idaho

    Author: Mike Cox – Nevada Department of Wildlife

    Author: Robert Washington-Allen – University of Nevada, Reno

  • 2:45 PM - 3:05 PM MT
    Precision feeding of prolific sheep in highly productive management systems

    Presenting Author: Richard A. Ehrhardt, MS and PhD – Michigan State University

    Author: Makela Barbara – Michigan State University

  • 3:05 PM - 3:20 PM MT
    Small Ruminant Symposium Break
  • 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM MT
    Precision trace mineral management in extensive sheep systems

    Presenting Author: Whit C. Stewart, PhD – University of Wyoming

  • 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM MT
    Beyond environmentally adapted, towards ecologically purposed: Sheep production in the US West

    Presenting Author: J. Bret B. Taylor, PhD – USDA-ARS-RSPER

  • 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM MT
    Small Ruminant Symposium Discussion