FWRA 2008 SYMPOSIUM
Thursday, September 24
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome from your president  
9:15 - 10:15 On the Wild Side 2009: Wildlife Advocacy in Florida Jen Hobgood - HSUS
11:00 - 12:00 Education or Condemnation Wendy Fox - Pelican Harbor Seabird Station
Emu oil: Snake oil? or miracle cure? Beth Hirschfeld, DVM, CVA, VMO - Hirschfeld Veterinary Consulting
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 TBA
Nestling and Fledgling Songbird Identification Leslie Straub - Florida Wildlife Care
2:45 - 3:45 Time to Eat: Weaning Baby Raccoons and Opossum Cat Turner - C.R.O.W.
Raptor Electrocution Samantha Stock - Audubon Bird of Prey Center
4:00 - 5:00 Life in the Rain Forest Reinier Munguia, Munguia Photography & Advertising
Newsletters - who, what, why Wendy Fox - Pelican Harbor Seabird Sanctuary
Friday, September 25th
8:30 - 10:00 Wildlife CSI Hector Cruz-Lopez - FFWCC
10:15 - 11:15 The Florida Panther Mark Cunningham, DVM - FFWCC
11:15 - 12:00 Surveillance of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds Dan Wolf, DVM - FFWCC
10:15 - 11:45 Treating fractures in birds of prey Dave Scott, DVM - Carolina Raptor Center
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 Short-tailed Hawks, Snail Kites and Swallow-tailed Kites Ken Meyer - Avian Research and Conservation Institute
1:00 - 2:00 The Significance of Wildlife Diseases to Populations Sonia M. Hernandez, DVM, DACZM, PhD - SCWDS
Michael Yabsley, Ph.D. SCWDS
2:00 - 2:30 Baylis ascaris Michael Yabsley, Ph.D. - SCWDS
Salmonellosis Outbreak in Songbirds in 2009
Sonia M. Hernandez, DVM, DACZM, PhD - SCWDS
2:45 - 4:15 Basic Wild Reptile Trauma Management: Assessment, treatment and prognosis Sathya Chinnadurai, DVM - NC State University
Common Raptor Diseases and Problems Dave Scott, DVM - Carolina Raptor Center
4:30 - 5:30 Hematology Dave Scott, DVM - Carolina Raptor Center
Basic Radiology Sathya Chinnadurai, DVM - NC State University
Saturday, September 26th
8:30 - 10:00 Wildlife Triage and Emergency Medicine Sonia M. Hernandez, DVM, DACZM, PhD - SCWDS
Fear and Loathing David Sadkin, Ph.D. - Wildlife Education and Rehab, Inc.
10:10 - 11:10 The Life of Birds Steffanie Munguia - Munguia Photography & Advertising
11:15 - 12:00 Understanding Feathers Dianna Flynt - Audubon Center for Birds of Prey
Lynne Garner - Audubon Center for Birds of Prey
11:15 - 12:00 White-nose Syndrome in Bats Sonia M. Hernandez, DVM, DACZM, PhD - SCWDS
10:30 - 12:00 Anesthesia and Pain Management Sathya Chinnadurai, DVM - NC State University
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 Comparative Anatomy Sonia M. Hernandez, DVM, DACZM, PhD
Michael Yabsley, Ph.D. SCWDS
Wildlife Enrichment and You Debbie Helsel - Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge
3:30 - 5:00 Workshops