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Please mark your calendars to join us for a day of unparalleled education on our shared passion
of Alpaca Health!
Owners and Breeders Camelid Health Conference
Join the Virtual Camelid Health Conference for owners and breeders on Zoom on May 17.
The conference coincides with the Camelid Health Conference for Veterinarians, which provides experts in the field of camelid medicine and surgery. The Camelid Health Conference for Owners and Breeders features some of these expert speakers and covers topics on reproduction, nutrition, infections and more.
A full day of virtual seminars will provide valuable information to care for and maintain a healthy herd. Participants will receive a Zoom link after registering. A course recording will be shared with all registered guests after the event, you must sign up for the course to receive the recording.
Saturday May 17, 2025, 9am - 5pm
Click here to visit the Event Website!
Registration Fee: $ 50.00 per person
Participants can also apply for the in-person wet lab on Sunday 18th: $50 per person
Registration will be open on a first-come, first-served basis.
Location: Virtual Meeting Online
- 9:00 am-10:00 pm - Pam Walker DVM - Camelid 101, Everything you want to know about
Camelids & more!
- 10:00 am-11:00 am - Pam Walker DVM - Failure to Thrive - Triage for the Thin Camelid
- 11:00 am-12:00 pm - Pat Long DVM- Camelid Geriatrics - Keeping them Happy & Healthy Part 1
- 12-1pm Lunch Break
- 1:00 - 2:00 pm - Pat Long DVM- Camelid Geriatrics - Keeping them Happy & Healthy Part 2
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm - Ahmed Tibary DVM - What's New in Camelid Reproduction?
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm - Ahmed Tibary DVM- Male and Female Camelid Preparation for the Breeding
Season
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm - Cheryl DeWitt DVM - Baby on the Ground... Now What? Care of new borns
(1 hour)
Veterinary Camelid Health Conference
This course is open to veterinarians and veterinary technicians. Three days of intense seminar for all levels of camelid practice. Practitioners entering camelid practice as well as seasoned veterans will benefit from this exhaustive state-of-the-art CE conference featuring world experts in the field of camelid medicine and surgery. A concurrent owners and breeders virtual seminar will provide valuable information to care for and maintain a healthy herd.
The 2025 Veterinary Camelid Heath Conference will be held over May 16th - 18th at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Registration includes conference attendance, proceedings, continental breakfast, lunch, refreshments and Saturday Reception.
Friday May 16th - Sunday May 18th, 2025
Course Fees: (US funds only)
$600 Full Conference Registration - 23 (8,7,8) CE Hours - RACE approved
$250 Daily Rate - Friday, May 16th/Saturday, May 17th
$100 Daily Rate - Sunday 18th May.
Location: Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Registration Deadline: May 2nd, 2025
Click Here for the Veterinary Conference details and registration
Be sure your Veterinarian plans to attend the Camelid Veterinary Conference at the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine!
Days structured as 50/110-minute presentations with 10 minute Q&A
Friday May 16th, 8am - 5pm
- 7:15 - Registration Opens
- 8:00 - 8:50 am - Andy Niehaus DVM - Ears and equilibrium: Otitis and Vestibular disorders in
camelids (1 hour)
- 9:00 am -9:50 am - Joe Lozier DVM - Camelid surgical approaches for shoulder luxation (1 hour)
- 10:00 am - 10:50 am - Pam Walker DVM - Triage for the thin camelid! (1 hour)
- 11:00-11:50 am - Jeff Lakritz DVM - Neurologic diseases of camelids (1 hour)
- 12- 1 pm Lunch Break
- 1:00 pm - 2:50 pm - Patrick Long DVM - Management of the geriatric camelids in private practice
- considerations in northwest California.. (2 hours)
- 3:00 pm - 4:50 pm Ahmed Tibary DVM - Camelid reproduction and maintenance. (2.0 hours)
Structured as 50/110-minute presentations with 10 minute Q&A
Saturday May 17th, 9am - 5pm
- 8:00 am - Registration
- 9:00 - 10:50 am - Ahmed Tibary DVM - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Problem
Breeders (2 hours)
- 11:00 - 11:50 am - Jeff Lakritz DVM - Camelid intoxications - What to look for and how to
manage (1 hour)
- 12-1 pm Lunch Break
- 1:00 pm-1:50 pm - Signe Balch DVM - Alpaca Field Medicine: the View from 7000 feet (1
hour)
- 2:00 pm-2:50 pm - Michelle Carman DVM - Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone in Camelids (1
hour)
- 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm - Antoinette Marsh DVM - Molecular identification of Parelaphostrongylus
tenuis in animals examined at a University Hospital (1 hour)
- 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Julia Horton DVM - OSU Resident case report - TBD (30 min)
- 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm - Andrew Vaughan - OSU Intern case report - TBD (30 min)
Sunday May 18th, 8am - 5pm
Taking place at the WET LABS - Theriogenology facility (VMC)
- 7:15 am - Registration
- 8:00 am - Pam Walker DVM and Ahmed Tibary DVM - Ultrasound Pregnancy Diagnosis
- TBD - Pam Walker DVM - Ultrasound Abdominal Exam Survey
- TBD - Lee Mash & Pam Walker DVM - Using Laser Therapy & Shock Wave Demonstration
- TBD - Dr. Cheryl DeWitt DVM - Camelid birthing - "Dystocia - Hands-on? Hands-in? What can you do?" (2hours lecture/demo)
- TBD - FA faculty, Anesthesia - Camelid field Anesthesia and Castration of the Male Alpaca
- TBD - Anthony Stachowski DVM & Signe Balch DVM - Camelid Dentistry
- TBD - 5:00 pm - Andy Niehaus DVM - Naso-Lacrimal Duct Flush & PE Tube Stent
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