Welcome to the 2008 North Atlantic Poultry Biosecurity and Pest Management Workshop Site

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9 AM - 4:00 PM Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Room 100, W.B. Young Building University of Connecticut Storrs, CT Sponsored by: Cooperative Extension System Connecticut Poultry Association, Inc. TRAVEL AND REGISTRATION The advance registration fee of $50.00 covers all the conference costs including proceedings, re-certification, luncheon and coffee breaks. Advance registration is required to insure seating for lunch and the workshop sessions. Please register online at http://web.uconn.edu/poultry/pest by June 4, 2008. Registration at the door will be $55 to cover surcharges. DIRECTIONS: Room 100 W.B. Young Building. University of Connecticut. FROM THE NORTH I-84 to Exit 68. South on Rt. 195 for 7.3 miles to Campus. Turn left at sign for Dairy Bar Entrance, next right and immediate left into parking lot. FROM THE SOUTH North on RT. 195 to Storrs. Through campus to stop light on North Eagleville Road. (A Big White Church is on the Northwest corner). Take next Right at sign for Dairy Bar Entrance, next right and immediate left to parking lot. QUESTIONS? Contact Dr. Michael J. Darre at: 860-486-1008 or FAX 860-486-4375 michael.darre@uconn.edu The closest Hotels in the area are listed below. Call Mike Dare at 860-486-1008 for more information on local hotels. Nathan Hale Inn.. 860-427-7888 Right on campus. 855 Bolton Road, Storrs, CT. 06268 http://www.nathanhaleinn.com or Best Western Regent Inn. 860-423-8451. Only 7 miles south of campus on Rt. 195 in Mansfield Center 123 Storrs, Road. Mansfield Center, CT

PROGRAM TOPICS 8:30 AM* Register for Re-certification Case Study: Worker Safety, Animal Health and IPM Animal Diseases Spread by Pests Flies and Other Insect Pests – What’s New? Environmental Management to Control Poultry Pests Worker Protection: What you need to know. Group Activity: Develop and present a solution to the case study. Case Study: Farm Management –Are Pests Bugging You? Avian and Mammalian Pests – What works. Biosecurity: On Farm, Transportation and Marketing Issues What about IPM, Biosecurity and Gamebirds? Organic Poultry – Biosecurity and IPM Group Activity – Develop and Present a solution to the case study.. This program will qualify you for re-certification points of your private pesticide applicator’s license in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York** Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.