Specialty Sessions:

1. Rabies Vector Species Training Session 9:30 - 5:00 (no size limit, fee $40 if RVS only)

9:30 NYSDEC Overview of RVS Licensing - Patrick Martin
10:00 NYS Ag & Markets Facility Inspection Process - Dr. Jeffery Huse, DVM
10:45 NYSDOH Rabies; ... - Robert Rudd
11:45 Question & Answer
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Capture, Handling and Restraint of RVS - Bill Brothers ACES
2:00 Rehabilitator's Overview of RVS Housing & Care - Barb Hollands
2:45 Rehabilitation of Raccoons - Barb Hollands
3:15 BREAK
3:30 Rehabilitation of Skunks - Barb Hollands
4:00 Basic Bats- Elise Able
4:30 Question & Answer

2. Animal Basic Care Workshop 10:00 - 5:00 (max 24, $15.00 fee)
(Kelly Martin, Kim Christensen, Barb Cole, Bev Jones)

10:00 Lecture Session (licensing, phone call protocols, networking, vet relationship, general care considerations, available resources, euthanasia concerns, triage ...)
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Hands-on Session (physical exam, handling & restraint, bandaging, tube-feeding, basic fluid administration)

3. White-tailed Deer Fawns "In Depth" (no size limit, no fee)

1:00 - 4:00 White tailed Deer Workshop - Rich Olsen

General Session:

1:00 Emerging Zoonotic Diseases - Patrice Klein, DVM
2:00 Overview of Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program - Nina Schoch, DVM
2:45 West Nile Virus; Implications for Wildlife Rehabilitation - Amy Glaser, DVM
3:30 BREAK
3:45 Emergency Care for Wildlife - Patrice Klein , DVM
4:45 Tools of the trade! Bill Brothers- Aces (60 min)

Sessions end between 5:00 and 5:45 pm
6:00 Cocktails
6:30 NYSWRC Annual Meeting
7:00 Dinner
8:00 Roundtable Discussion: focus on proposed federal changes for rehab; Patrick Martin, NYSDEC & Pat Klein, DVM, HSUS & David Dobias, US Fish & Wildlife Service
9:30 Tepee Social Room

Reptile:

8:00 Basic Care of Sick & Injured Turtles - Kathy Michell
9:00 Species Introductions:from Population invasions to genetic pollution- John Maerz
10:00 Snake Husbandry & Common Medical Presentations - Kendra Seebohm, DVM.
11:00 Basic and Advanced Care of Traumatic Injuries in Turtles - Kathy Michell
(This lecture is a prerequisite for anyone in the turtle workshops.)

Mammal Session:

8:00 Simple Indoor Cage Building - Raine Carson
9:00 Basic Cottontail Rabbit Rehabilitation - Ken and Marcia Barber
9:45 Basic Bats - Elise Able
10:30 Skunk Rehabilitation - Raine Carson
11:15 Hydrocephalus in Red Fox Pups - Elise Able
12:00 25 Pounds of Snorting, Spitting Fury in your Care- A Bobcat - Loretta Jones

Avian/General Session

8:00 Wound Management in Wildlife - Patrice Klein, DVM, HSUS
9:00 Rehabilitation of Wrens - Jen Norton
9:45 Breeding the Flying Mouse Trap- Barn Owl Propagation, Matt Zymanek
11:00 Hawk Identification & Migration- Brad Bidwell
11:45 Raising Waterfowl- A Fresh Approach - Jen Norton

Workshops

9:30 - 11:30 Necropsy Workshop - Patrice Klein, DVM

12:30 - 1:30 LUNCH

Workshops

1:30 - 2:30 Avian Black Box Workshop - Barb Cole (max 20, fee $ 5.00)
2:30 - 3:30 Avian Black Box Workshop- Barb Cole
4:00 - 6:00 Raptor Jessing Workshop - Peter Kennedy (max 20, fee $15.00)
1:30 - 4:30 Turtle Shell Repair Workshop - Kathy Michell

Mammal Session

1:30 Rehabilitation of Coyotes - Elise Able
2:15 Gray Squirrel Conditions and Diseases - Barbara Bellens-Picon
3:15 BREAK
3:30 Rehabilitation of Marine Mammals & Sea Turtles - Dr.Robert Pisciotta
4:30 Bobcats in our backyard: A Beginner's Experience - Beth & Brad Bidwell

General Session

1:30 Tips of the Trade - Raine Carson
3:30 BREAK
3:45 Everything Interesting You Always Wanted to Know about Birds - Rich Gutherie
4:30 ... followed by a late afternoon bird walk with Rich Gutherie (60 min)
 

General Session

1:30 Wildlife Paramedics: "establishing an emergency response for wildlife" Rebecca Dmytryk
2:30 Method to this Madness - Educating the Public - Molly McDermid
3:30 BREAK
3:45 Records and Annual Reports made Easy - Rebecca Dmytryk
4:45 'Virtual Slide Tour' of Hawk Creek - Loretta Jones (60 min)

Sessions end between 5:30 and 5:45
6:30 - Cocktails
7:00 - Dinner
8:00 - Presentation of Vet Award
8:15 - Silent Auction/Raffle

7:00 - 8:00 Early Morning Birdwalk with Rich Gutherie

Workshops

8:30 -11:30 Turtle Shell Repair Workshop - Kathy Michell (repeat)
9:00 -11:00 Medical Math Workshop - Jen Norton

Medical Session A

8:30 Avian Orthopedics - Noha Abou- Mahdi, DVM
10:30 Lead Poisoning in Waterfowl and Raptors - Almira Hoogesteyn, DVM.
11:30 Fluid Therapy- Noha Abou-Mahdi, DVM (30 min)

Medical Session B

8:30 The Impact of Endocrine Disrupters in Wildlife - Case Study Almira Hoogesteyn, DVM
9:30 Common Medical Problems in Songbirds - Alison Hazel, DVM
10:15 Triage in Reptile Rehabilitation and Long Term Care - Kendra Seebohm, DVM
11:15 Raptor Medicine - Alison Hazel, DVM (60 min)

All Sessions end between 12:00-12:15
Have a safe trip home!
Don't forget to pick up those last minute items in the NYSWRC store.
Please return your evaluation form before you leave!