Report – International Conference, Kouty, Czech Republic, November 2018

The international goat conference that took place in Kouty from November 9th to 10th, 2018, included visitors from Poland and the Slovak Republic.

The leadership of the sheep and goat breeders’ association in the Czech Republic

Program of the conference

1. Opening ceremony
2. The health situation of livestock farming in the Czech Republic and Europe. The health control methodology and prescribed vaccination in the year 2019 (Central Director of the state veterinary administration)
3. Current information on the agrarian policy in the Czech Republic (Vice-Chairman of the Association of Private Agriculture of the Czech Republic)
4. Appreciation to the members of the association for their contribution to the development of sheep and goat farming
5. Breeding of dairy sheep in Slovakia
6. Upcoming changes in the calculation of sheep breeding values
7. Modern view of nutrition of small ruminants
8. Pasture and forage crops during drought
9. Nutrition of small ruminants in the crisis period
10. Inbreeding and inbreeding depression in sheep
11. Sheep and goat nutrition at the time of lack of fodder, current knowledge, and possible solutions
12. The 90 years of dairy performance in goat breeding
13. Breeding program in sheep and goat in terms of improving health

Special thanks to Zuzana Sztankoova (IGA-CR, Czech Republic) for this information.

Auditors - National sheep and goat breeders

Polish delegates (first two people)