CGIL Seminar 2019- Dr. Marlene Paibomesai

Dr. Marlene Paibomesai, Dairy Specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, will present a CGIL Seminar on Friday, November 1st. The seminar will begin at 1:30 pm in room 141 of the Animal Science & Nutrition building. The title of the presentation is: "The Challenges and Opportunities of the Dairy Goat Industry".

If you wish to attend this seminar remotely, please view the instructions for connecting to Fuze or join the meeting online by clicking here. It is recommended that you check for updates to the Fuze client before joining each seminar. Please connect at least five minutes before the meeting if you plan to do so. For those with the Fuze client installed, which is the preferred method of connection, the meeting ID is 316-25-830. Please mute your microphone and turn off your camera for the presentation itself. After the presentation, you can unmute the microphone, and optionally turn on the camera, if you wish to speak to the room.

Speaker Biography:

Marlene works as a dairy specialist at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or OMAFRA. She works as a production specialist for the dairy cattle, dairy goat, and dairy sheep industries in Ontario. She completed her doctorate at the University of Guelph with a focus on dairy cattle epigenetics and immune response with Dr. Bonnie Mallard. Marlene is a member of Whitefish River First Nations of Birch Island, Ontario and grew up in Kemptville Ontario.  Marlene will cover the current state of the dairy goat industry both worldwide and locally. The presentation will highlight the challenges and opportunities that exist for the Ontario dairy goat industry. There is much opportunity for research into genetics solutions for common problems that are faced by dairy goat producers day-to-day. In addition to this the goat sector is also in need of continued knowledge transfer and translation in all aspects of production.