Conference Information

UPCOMING:

AZA NAG Seventh Conference on Zoo and Wildlife Nutrition
    The Nutrition Advisory Group's 7th Conference on Zoo and Wildlife Nutrition will be held in conjunction with the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and the American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians between 20-25 October 2007 in Knoxville, TN USA.
    We are looking for NAG members who are willing to volunteer to assist with the conference.  We need assistance with the following areas:  Fund-raising, Program, Proceedings, Workshops, Student/Keeper Paper Competition. Please contact conference. Additionally, if you have any topics/speakers that you would suggest for the workshop or program please contribute those as well.

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PREVIOUS CONFERENCES:

2005 AZA NAG Sixth Conference on Zoo and Wildlife Nutrition
The AZA Nutrition Advisory Group was held its sixth conference on zoo and wildlife nutrition in Omaha, Nebraska from Saturday, October 15th through Wednesday, October 19th, 2005 at the Omaha Hilton.  This was a joint conference with the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and the American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians.

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2003 NAG Conference

Proceedings from this conference will be on special sale at the conference in Oct!

The 5^th AZA Nutrition Advisory Group Conference on Zoo and Wildlife Nutrition was held between 4-7 October 2003 in Minneapolis, MN in conjunction with the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and the Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians.  The joint conference was dedicated to the memories of Sue Crissey, Annelisa Kilbourn, and Uly Seal.  The Nutrition Advisory Group Conference included workshops on the first day (HACCP and Biosecurity), followed on subsequent days by sessions, scheduled social activities, and a closing banquet.  Enrollment for the Nutrition Advisory Group portion of the Conference was 60. 

The Nutrition Advisory Group would like to thank our sponsors for their generous support of our Conference – Natural Balance Pet Food, Land O’ Lakes Farmland Feed LLC (Mazuri), Milliken Meat Products Ltd, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, The Gourmet Rodent, Inc., Premium Nutritional Products, Inc., Central Nebraska Packing, Inc., Reliable Protein Products, Carolina Mouse Farm, Grubco, Inc., Atlantic-Pacific, and the Fort Worth Zoo.

In addition, special thanks are extended to the Conference Committee – Mike Maslanka (Chair), Ann Ward (Program Chair), Mark Edwards (Workshop Chair), Wendy Graffam, David Hellinga, Barbara Lintzenich, Ellen Dierenfeld, Eduardo Valdes, and Barbara Toddes.  The Conference Committee wishes to thank Wilbur Amand, Nadine Lamberski, Joe Flanagan, Jim Rasmussen, and all of the wonderful volunteers from MN who assisted in making the Conference run so smoothly. 

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