Practical Zoo
Nutrition Management
We are pleased to
announce the next offering of “Practical Zoo Nutrition Management” through the
Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation in Front Royal, Virginia.
The course is not
designed to “create a nutritionist in 5 days” (some of you already fill that
role, others have a tangential daily role in zoo nutrition, some are getting
into the field, etc). It is designed to
teach, learn about, and discuss many aspects of modern zoo nutrition management
that we can / might face on a daily basis.
It is designed to immerse the participants in zoo nutrition for an
intensive week of instruction and interaction (and FUN). We hope to have zoo professionals
(nutritionists, commissary managers, vets, curators, keepers), academics,
graduate students, and other related wildlife professionals participate in order
to provide for diversity in backgrounds, experiences, questions, and
discussion.
We conducted this
course earlier this year and both the students and instructors had a great
time, while collectively increasing our nutrition knowledge base. Given that it was the first time we offered
it, we also learned a lot about the course itself – flow, pace, content, etc –
in order to improve on an already solid plan.
We expect another fantastic week.
The course is being
offered from 5-9 June 2017, but it is not too early to apply. Application details are available via the
link: http://smconservation.gmu.edu/programs/graduate-and-professional/professional-training-courses/nutrition/
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant
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