| Time |
Session
and Chairman |
Topic |
Speakers |
| |
SUNDAY
4 JULY 2004 |
10:00
to 16:00
14:00 to 18:00 |
Dr
P Morand-Fehr
Registration |
IGA
Board Meeting
Conference Centre, University of Pretoria |
IGA Board
and Organising Committee |
| 18:00 |
Social
function |
Welcoming
ceremony, Aula Auditorium
University of Pretoria |
|
| |
MONDAY
5 JULY 2004 |
|
8:30
8:40
8:55 |
S1
Introduction
Call to order
Dr NH Casey
Chairman of Session
Dr P Morand-Fehr
President of IGA |
Welcoming address
Foresight on goat research
|
Prof Calie Pistorius, Vice-Chancellor, UP
Tilahun Sahlu
|
| 9:30 |
S2
Social environment
Dr C Devendra |
The social environment as an empowering agent for promoting
economic growth in the goat sector
|
Christie Peacock
|
| 10:00 |
Change
in nomadic goat husbandry in the context of sustainability
policies. |
Jeanne
Chiche |
| 10:30 |
Interval
- Refreshments
and viewing of posters |
| 11:00 |
S3
Physical environment
Dr L Ndlovu |
Meat
production in harsh environments |
Giselle
Alexandre |
| 11:30 |
Structural, Market and organisational conditions for a
development of goat dairy production systems |
Jean-Paul
Dubeuf |
| 12:00 |
Viewing
of posters |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
|
|
| 14:00 |
Roundtable
1 |
Strategies
towards achieving social and economic equity through goat
production and innovative business models. |
Miguel
Galina, Roberto Rubino , George Haenlein, Claudia Delgadillo |
| 15:00 |
Interval
- Refreshments
and viewing of posters |
| 15:30 |
Roundtable
2 |
Limits
to development of goat farming |
Pierre
Morand-Fehr, Christie Peacock, Jim de Vries |
| 17:00 |
Viewing
of posters |
18:00
|
Social
function
Transport departs |
Delegates
leave for traditional SA braai at Pretoria Zoo |
|
| |
TUESDAY
6 JULY 2004 |
| 8:30 |
S4
Marketing environment
Dr
J de Vries |
Marketing
goat fibres |
Jan
van der Westhuizen |
| 9:00 |
Marketing
goat dairy products |
Alan
Mowlem |
| 9:30 |
S5
Nutrition
Dr W A van Niekerk |
Present
knowledge on goat nutrition and possibilities of applying it in
the field |
Pierre
Morand-Fehr |
| Fibre
digestion and utilisation in goats |
Chris
Lu |
| 10:30 |
Interval
- Refreshments
and viewing of posters |
| 11:00 |
Roundtable
3 |
Nutrient
standards for goats |
Tilahun
Sahlu , Arthur Goetsch |
| 12:00 |
Viewing
of posters |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00
Parallel |
S6
Genetics and biodiversity
Dr Esté van Marle-Köster |
Genetic and morphological biodiversity of goats |
Salah Galal |
| 14:30
Parallel |
Performance
testing and recording in meat and milk goats |
Buks
Olivier |
| 14:00
Parallel |
S7
Physiology
Dr JP Greyling |
Reproduction physiology |
Wolfgang Holtz |
| 14:30
Parallel |
Energy
needs of the free-ranging goat |
Jose
Aguilera |
| 15:00 |
Interval
- Refreshments
and viewing of posters |
| 15:15
- 16:45 Parallel |
Forum |
Discussion
forum on issues of development in the goat sector |
Jim
de Vries, Rosalee Sinn |
| 15:30
- 16:30 Parallel |
Roundtable
4 |
Application
of genomic development |
Esté
van Marle- Köster |
17:00
- 18:00
18:30 |
IGA
IGA |
IGA
General Business Meeting
IGA Board Meeting |
IGA
President
IGA President |
| |
WEDNESDAY
7 JULY 2004 - Excursion / Free day |
| |
THURSDAY
8 JULY 2004 |
8:30 |
S8
Health
Dr
GF Bath |
Control
measures of important goat diseases of Southern Africa
|
Ken
Pettey, Jan van Wyk and Gareth Bath |
| 9:00 |
Interaction
between nutrition and gastrointestinal infection with parasitic
nematodes in goats
|
H
Hoste |
| 9:30 |
S9
Goat Products
Dr R Rubino |
Meat,
fibre and skin quality |
Eddie
Webb |
| 10:00 |
Relationship
between quality criteria of goat milk, its technological
properties and qualityof final products |
Raynal-Lyntovac,
Gobaris, Lauret |
| 10:30 |
Interval
- Refreshments
and viewing of posters |
| 11:00 |
Roundtable
5 |
Strategies
for monitoring health
Dealing with CAEV |
Koos
Coetzer
Sandor Kukovics |
| 12:00 |
Viewing
of posters |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00
- 15:00 Parallel |
Roundtable
6 |
Quality
standards for goat carcasses, meat and skins |
Heinz
Meissner
Eddie Webb |
| 14:00
- 15:00 Parallel |
Roundtable
7 |
Quality
standards for dairy products |
George
Haenlein, Young Park, Roberto Rubino |
| 14:00
- 15:00 Parallel |
Roundtable
8 |
Quality
standards for goat fibres |
Jan
van der Westhuizen |
| 15:00 |
Interval
- Refreshments
and viewing of posters |
| 15:30 |
Roundtable
9 |
International
partnerships in research |
Adel
AboulNaga, Tilahun Sahlu,
Devendra |
| 16:30 |
Free
time |
| 19:00 |
Social
function |
Transport
departs for dinner venue |
|
| 20:00 |
Social
function |
IGA
dinner |
|
| |
FRIDAY
9 JULY 2004 |
| 8:30 |
S10
Commercialization of goat farming systems
Dr EF Donkin |
Commercialization
of Goat Production in South Africa |
Merida
Roets, Jan Kirsten |
| 9:00 |
Development
of the dairy goat industry in Kenya – a case study |
Mwangi
Njuru |
| 10:00 |
|
Eastern
European countries: development in the goat sector. |
Heifer
International |
| 10:00 |
Interval
- Refreshments
and viewing of posters |
| 10:30 |
S11
Special topics
Dr NH Casey (RSA)
Incoming IGA President |
Goats in the African cultural context |
Lindela Ndlovu, Aggrey Mahanjana |
| 11:15 |
|
The
goat in philosophy and perspective |
Hatjiminaoglou,
Morand-Fehr, Boyazoglu |
| 12:00 |
|
Overview
and closing |
|
