University
of Maryland/University of Delaware Horse Conference Saturday, November 8, 2008
Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, Maryland
We are excited to announce the Fourth Annual University of Maryland Horse
Conference to be held Saturday, November 8, 2008 at Chesapeake
College in Wye Mills. This year we are excited to work in conjunction with the University of Delaware to bring you this popular conference. Topics of the seminars cover Health and
Nutrition, Equine Business, and Pasture Management. Please see the list
of speakers and topics below, handouts will be available at the conference.
Speaker biographical information will be added as it becomes available.
Marketing Your Equine Business Ginger Myers, University of Maryland
2:45
pm - CONCURRENT SESSION 4
Weeds and Weed Management Erin Pittman, University of Maryland
Trailers and Trailer Safety Neva Kittrell Sheve, EquiSpirit Trailers Sponsorship available! Please contact Kelly Brannan for more information
Therapeutic Shoeing Mike Poe, Alpha Farrier Services
Speakers
for the 2008 University of Maryland Horse Conference
Ray Bosmans Extension Specialist Emeritus
University of Maryland
2123 Jull Hall
College Park, Maryland 20742
Tel.: (301) 405-4691; Fax: (301) 314-9343
Biographical information coming soon!
Amy O. Burk, PhD Assistant Professor /Extension Horse Specialist
Department of Animal and Avian Sciences
1117 Animal Science Center
College Park, MD 20742
Tel.: (301) 405-8337; Fx: (301) 405-8831
E-mail:
Dr. Amy Burk serves as the coordinator for the undergraduate Equine Studies option and the graduate research program in equine nutrition within the Animal and Avian Sciences Department. She's responsible for teaching Horse Management, Equine Science, Advanced Topics in Equine Nutrition as well as many horse related lectures and labs within the department's 4-yr curriculum. As an Extension Horse Specialist, Dr. Burk provides statewide educational leadership and training to youth and adults in the horse industry. Dr. Burk's research interests lie mainly in the area of nutrient utilization of feeds and forages to improve the health and management of horses. Dr. Burk completed her graduate work in Animal and Poultry Sciences as a Pratt Fellow in Animal Nutrition at Virginia Tech. She specialized in equine nutrition, earning an M.S. in 1998, and a PhD in 2001.
Michael Donovan Principal Equestrian Services, LLC 233 Douglas Avenue
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Tel.: (434) 872-0108; Fax: (434) 872-0111
Email:
Michael Donovan, principal of Equestrian Services, has more than 20 years of experience in planning, project management and construction with a broad range of programming, design, development, and in-field experience in community, resort, municipal project and private residential development. This experience is augmented by his formal scientific training, and earlier work in academic research and environmental consulting. His current project work includes: equestrian amenity feasibility studies, equestrian community master planning, development, and marketing; equestrian facility planning, design, construction, and management; riding arena evaluation, design, renovation, construction, and maintenance; and barn operations management and business planning.
Michael’s in-field project management experiences began with design/build landscape contracting and included completing a California Landscape Contractor’s Association-award winning project in Fairbanks Ranch while vice president of RBM Enterprises, in San Diego in 1992. Michael’s first "horse project,” the Albert Court Ltd. Linda Allen Grand Prix course which was completed prior to the 1992 Volvo World Cup in Del Mar, California, was connected to the complete landscaping of the farm he did with RBM Enterprises. He then worked with the Los Angeles-based environmental consulting firm Meredith/Boli & Associates developing and performing large-scale environmental assessments and mitigation projects including work on the PG&E “Erin Brockovich” project and remediating underground storage tank issues at Bank of America Data Centers throughout the United States.
After returning to the east coast in the mid-1990s, Michael and his wife Jennifer, a life-long equestrian, began developing Equestrian Services, LLC. Initially providing complete equestrian-related contracting services in Maryland but wanting to offer the highest-quality services to the broadest group of clients, they grew Equestrian Services into the planning, design, and operations company it is today. Since its establishment in 2000, Michael has had direct involvement with the more than 200 clients including private farm owners, international community and resort developers, municipal governments and national agencies.
The rigor and precision encountered throughout the firm’s work is based in Michael’s scientific training. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Vermont and his M.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, San Diego. His commitment to both the development and equestrian industries is demonstrated by his membership in the Urban Land Institute, the American Resort Development Association, the National Frame Builders Association, the US Equestrian Federation, US Equestrian Team Foundation, the Maryland and Virginia Horse Councils, and his lead partnership role with the Equestrian Land Conservation Resource. He is also a licensed Contractor.
David Marshall, VMD Assistant Professor
University of Delaware
Dr. David Marshall grew up in central Pennsylvania, having an early passion for horses and science. He received his B.S. degree from Penn State University in 1971 and his V.M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975.
Dr. Marshall spent his first five years in private practice emphasizing equine medicine and surgery. In 1980 he returned to the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center to not only teach, but to further his equine surgical skills.
After leaving New Bolton Center, Dr. Marshall started a veterinary practice in southeastern Pennsylvania specializing in equine medicine, surgery, and reproduction. Pursuing a personal desire to return to teaching, Dr. Marshall joined the Department of Animal Science faculty at the University of Delaware in spring of 2002. He serves as an assistant professor in equine animal science and an equine extension veterinarian with Delaware Cooperative Extension Service. At the University of Delaware, Dr. Marshall teaches four undergraduate courses in equine science, pregnancy and foal physiology, mare and stallion reproduction, and equine diseases and lameness. His extension responsibilities include providing equine continuing education to the greater Delaware area.
1840 York Road, Suite J
Timonium, Maryland 21093
Tel.: (410) 666-1022
E-mail:
A native of Pennsylvania, Dave received both a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Agronomy from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. His early employment included two and half years as supervisor of the Virginia Tech Extension Soil Fertility Lab followed by 13 years with the Baltimore Farm Credit District in various lending and human resources positions. Since 1988 he has been with the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension organization as an Extension Educator; receiving tenure in 1994. The first five years he served in Anne Arundel County followed by his present position in Baltimore County. He works with a variety of educational, crop production, environmental and land use issues with farmers, landowners and governmental agencies.
Sue McDonnell, PhD
Equine Behavior Lab
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348
Tel.: (610) 444-5800; Fax: (610) 925-8124
Email:
Dr. Sue McDonnell holds a 1982 master’s degree in Psychology from West Chester University and a 1985 PhD in Reproductive Physiology and Behavior from the University of Delaware. She completed post doctoral study in clinical veterinary reproduction at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center in 1987 and became board certified in Applied Animal Behavior in 1991. In 2004, she was awarded Hon Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists. Dr. McDonnell is currently a Professor in the Section of Reproduction at New Bolton Center, and is the founding head of the Equine Behavior Program there. Her work includes clinical, research, and teaching activities focused on horse behavior. Her research interests include several areas within equine physiology, behavior, and welfare. In addition to laboratory and field studies, she maintains a semi-feral herd of ponies specifically for the study of their physiology and behavior under semi-natural conditions. In addition to scientific research publications, Dr. McDonnell is the author of two introductory level books on horse behavior, as well as book and DVD entitled The Equid Ethogram cataloging behavior of horses under both domestic and natural conditions, and is co-editor of the most current academic book on horse behavior - The Domestic Horse published by Cambridge University Press. She also writes a monthly column for The Horse magazine, and contributes regularly to other equine industry magazines.
Ginger Myers Associate Agent and Regional Extension Specialist, Marketing
Statewide Extension programs in agricultural marketing are being created and implemented at the Western Maryland Research & Education Center by Ginger S. Myers, Regional Extension Marketing Specialist. Ginger holds a B.S. from Penn State University, additional certifications in agricultural economic development, and serves on a wide variety of committees and organizations including: the Maryland State Agriculture Commission, Maryland’s Agricultural Marketing Professionals, and is an officer with Future Harvest - a Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture. While relatively new to Maryland Cooperative, Ginger has over 25 years of experience in agri-business and small farm production. She has worked as an agricultural marketing specialist in Maryland since 1999.
Erin Pittman, MS, PAS Lecturer/Extension Horse Specialist
Institute of Applied Agriculrure
2115 Jull Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Tel.: 301-405-4690; Fx: 301-314-9343
E-mail:
Erin Pittman was born and raised in Loveland, Colorado. She earned a BA degree in Political Science from The University of Colorado in 1994. She also holds a BS degree in Equine Science from Colorado State University (2000). Pittman remained at Colorado State University, earning an MS degree in Animal Science in 2001. Her research focus was aimed at investigating nutrition of the growing horse as it relates to bone development. Ms. Pittman is a state Extension Horse Specialist and the Program Coordinator for the 2-year Equine Business Management Program at the Institute of Applied Agriculture. She teaches courses in Equine Nutrition, Health Management, Reproduction, and Behavior. Erin is an avid lover of horses and currently resides on a large horse farm in Davidsonville, Maryland.
Mike Poe, the owner and operator of Alpha Farrier Services, is an American Farrier's Association Certified Journeyman Farrier based in Maryland .
Since graduating from the Eastern School of Farrier Science in 1999 and studying in the Animal Sciences program at Virginia Tech University, Poe has shod horses in seven states on both the East and West coasts.
His clients include owners of performance and pleasure horses in multiple disciplines, as well as equestrian programs like the one at the University of Maryland, College Park . He also specializes in therapeutic (corrective) shoeing for horses with special needs.
Poe offers his services at world-class events such as the Pan Am American Endurance Championships in Trout Lake, Washington, for which he was the event Farrier in 2003.
230 North Bennett Street
Southern Pines, North Carolina 28388
Tel.: (877) 575-1771; Fx: (910) 692-1164
Neva Kittrell Scheve has authored three books on horse trailering. Her latest, along with husband Tom, is The Complete Guide to Buying, Maintaining, and Servicing a Horse Trailer. With over 22 years in the horse trailer industry, Neva has led the way in promoting horse trailer safety through innovative designs, research, and education – her most recent design being the 3 Horse SafeLoad ™.
Bedsides doing clinics and seminars throughout the country, Neva, with husband Tom, writes numerous articles on horse trailer safety for national magazines. Their latest, Tow Vehicle Math Made Easy, appeared in the July issue of Practical Horseman. And in summer 2008, Driving A Horse Trailer appeared in Equus. Owners of EquiSpirit Trailers, Tom and Neva reside in Southern Pines, NC.
Richard Taylor, PhD Extension Specialist IV, Plant and Soil Science
University of Delaware 152 Townsend Hall
Newark, Delaware 19716
Tel.: (302) 831-1383
E-mail:
Dr. Taylor earned his BS degree in Agronomy from Virginia Tech in 1971, his Masters degree from the University of Connecticut in 1974, and then a doctorate degree in 1980 from the University of Connecticut in Agronomy—Forage Management. His doctorial work was on marginal pasture renovation using cool-season legumes and exotic warm-season grasses. Dr. Taylor then worked along the Gulf Coast at the Louisiana State University Experiment Station conducting applied research on forage crops and alternative crops. In Southwest Louisiana, Dr. Taylor was responsible for conducting field re¬search on cool- and warm-season, annual and peren¬nial grasses and legumes. He directed extensive no-till pasture renovation research and limited pas¬ture weed control research as well as cooperated with other LSU personnel in research on soybeans, grain sorghum, rice, and corn production. In 1985, Dr. Taylor joined the staff at the University of Delaware as the state Extension Agronomy Specialist. Dr. Taylor’s Extension and research work has been on the major agronomy crops, corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, and small grains, as well as on forage crops. Dr. Taylor and Dr. Labreveux, formerly Associate Professor at Delaware State University, collaborated on a pasture management research and education grant.
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