Barbados Blackbelly Sheep Consortium
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Teleconference Recordings (streaming audio)

1/27/2008	Oogie McGuire Secretary, American Black Welsh Mountain Sheep Association	Breeding with a Plan (1.5 hours) OR listen in smaller chunks Part 1 (13 min.) Part 2 (13 min.) Part 3 (24 min.) Part 4 (21 min.) Part 5 (20 min.) Good discussion of breeding strategies for rare sheep breeds and how to quantify selection criteria. Click the links below to download handouts Basic Genetics Notes.doc Breeding Goal and Flock Plans.doc Sample Spreadsheep.xls
6/25/2007	Don Schrider and Phil Sponenberg, ALBC	Found Flocks and Percentage Breeding (60 min.) OR listen in smaller chunks Part 1 (22 min.) Part 2 (18 min.) Part 3 (18 min.) Strategies for managing and conserving the genetics of a "found flock." How percentage breeding fits into a conservation model.
11/16/2006	Dr. James Morgan, Fayetteville, AK. data coordinator for the Katahdin NSIP Breeder's Group, NSIP Board President, a contributing editor to The Shepherd magazine, and a registered Katahdin breeder	Data Collection for Measuring Specific Breed Traits in BB Performance Traits (1.5 hours) OR listen in smaller chunks Part 1 (29 min.) Part 2 (29 min.) Part 3 (30 min.) Collecting data on Barbados Blackbelly sheep--what kind, how much, and what the heck to do with it Note: volume is too low for a few seconds but gets louder, so be patient) Click the links below to download handouts adj_wt_formula.jpg all_breed_specific_adjustment_factors.pdf data_col lection.pdf katahdin_specific_adjustment_factors.pdf
4/25/2005	Don Schrider, ALBC	Genetic Conservation of Barbados Blackbelly Sheep Don answers the following questions and more: What is the best way to grow a flock from only one or two rams? What is the best way to create starter flocks for new breeders? What do we know about horned/polled genetics in sheep? How is progeny testing conducted? What should be the Consortium's top priorities? Part 1 (16 min.) Part 2 (14 min.) Part 3 (31 min.) Part 4 (21 min.) Part 5 (51 min.)