International Deer Congress and Antler competition in Latvia, August 2022

Dear deer breeders and friends,
We kindly invite you to participate in the 15th annual conference on  deer-breeding and antler competition in Latvia, August 2022.
Conference “Deer breeding – technologies, products and economics”,
August 3rd – 4th, 2022
International antler competition “Valuation of red and fallow deer stag performance and genetic quality”, August 1st – 5th, 2022
ONLINE option for Antler competition – for participants that are not able to attend in person – apply until August 3rd, 2022
To apply for participation please fill the Participation form and send to email:
deerparks@inbox.lv.

For more information please see the attachments:

1. Information and participation fee;
2. Application form
3. Regulations for participants of antler competition
4. Electronic CIC antler valuation table for electronic competition (for those who cannot attend in person)
5. Photo example (add to CIC table) for electronic competition (for those who cannot attend in person)
The agenda of the conference will be published on www.deerparks.lv and mirrored on IDUBA web page: https://iduba.info/
Languages of the conference: Latvian, English, Russian.
Results will be published on www.deerparks.lv and on IDUBA web page: https://iduba.info/.
Number of participants is limited!
For more information: +371 29664014 or deerparks@inbox.lv

ENG_application form 2022

Info.fee 2022 eng

ENG_electronic TABLE CIC 2021

regulations.valuation tables 2022 ENG

International deer congress and antler competition in Latvia, july 2021

Los resultados del Concurso Internacional de Cuernas, julio 2021. ¡¡¡Felicitaciones !!!
TOP- 10 WINNERS (RED DEER)

TOP- 10 WINNERS (Fallow DEER)

The full list of winners in all categories:
Antler Competition Results 2021 TOTAL

We kindly invite you to participate in the 14th annual conference on deer-breeding and antler competition in Latvia, July 2021. The congress is co-organized by IDUBA, the Latvian Ministry of Agriculture, Organic Farming of Wild Animals Breeders (OFWABA), the national Latvian Deer Breeders Association (LABA), and the Latvian rural development service.

The name of the conference is “Deer breeding – technologies, products and economics”. It will take place on July 21st and 22nd. We thank the Latvian organizers for making the enormous effort to organize this event in such uncertain times, when the covid-19 status changes travelling and regulations from one day to the next one (the reason why we could not announce it earlier).

As always, in addition to the congress there will be the International antler competition “Valuation of red and fallow deer stag performance and genetic quality”. This takes 2 days more than the conference: July 19th – 23rd. The competition is both online and in presence. Thus, for participants that are not able to attend in person due to Covid-19 pandemic, they could apply until online up to July 20th, 2021
To apply for participation please fill the participation form we send you with the newsletter and send it to deerparks@inbox.lv

More information is included in the attachments we sent with the newsletter. They are these:
1. Information and participation fee.
2. Application form.
3. Regulations for participants of antler competition.
4. Electronic CIC antler valuation table for distance competition (for those who cannot attend in person).
5. Photo example (add to CIC table) for distance competition (for those who cannot attend in person).

Because of the proximity to the conference, the program of the conference will be published on www.deerparks.lv (which will be mirrored also in IDUBA web page).

Languages of the conference: English, Russian, Latvian.

These times one of the most important things are health regulations. Therefore, all events will be conducted in person in accordance with national Covid-19 containment measures. All participants are asked to present a vaccination or recovery certificate or a negative Covid-19 test result (not older than 72h before attending the event).

The Programme of the meeting:
Programma Agenda 2021
For information: +371 29664014 or deerparks@inbox.lv

IDUBA-OFWABA congress 2020 cancelled, International Antler Competition in Latvia will be held online

It will be not possible to hold the IDUBA-OFWABA-Ministry of Agriculture congress in Latvia, which is normally held at the end of July/ beginning of august. The local organizer committee, headed by Dainis Paeglitis, told us that the organization is going to keep an online version of the international antler valuation competition. How? Instructions will be given to those willing to participate in deerparks@inbox.lv and participants will have to measure their antlers themselves, sending the score, one or more photographs of the antlers (presumably with a rule to be able to assess the truth of some of the measurements from the photograph), and the age of the animal. The fee, obviously, will be reduced compared to a standard year, and certainly, the cost of participating will be much
reduced because people will not have to travel (no fun enjoying beer and jokes among friends and
newcomers, though). However, this is the chance for those who usually do not travel because it is too far away (New Zealand, US, Argentina, but also nearby European countries). If participants from US are willing to take part with their white-tailed deer cast or cut antlers, we will start for the first year with this species.
We will all miss each other, but if, as it is warning the World Health Organization, a second wave of
infections may be much more deadly than first one (as it happened in 1917), then you will feel relief that these two congresses have been suspended. Get ready for meeting with us next year!

IDUBA-OFWABA-Latvian Ministry of Agriculture deer congress and antler valuation in August 2019

Dear Deer breeders and related sector,
Like every year at the end of July or beginning of August, our Vice-president Dr. Dainis Paeglitis is organizing the international antler competition and, in cooperation with IDUBA, the deer congress entitled “Latest technologies and actual problems in deer farming”. Some of the talks are suggested by invitation either from the Latvian Association of Organic Farming of Wild Animal Breeders (OFWABA) or by IDUBA, and, as usually, we are open for our readers to suggest possible speakers and talks (if the topic is of interest for deer breeders or related sector). We are just starting to give the first
details about the congress: the dates. The congress will take from August 7th till August 9th. The dates for antler valuation competition are August 5th till 8 th (if you bring cast/cut antlers or skulls with antlers either from red or fallow deer). More details about prizes, program of talks, etc. will be given in coming newsletters. The conference, will take place on 7th-8
th and the 9th is reserved for the “social day”: the award ceremony, banquet and party at Dainis’ farm.
IDUBA members are provided with a discount for registration. The stands for sponsors of
IDUBA are free, as before. For membership, sponsorship or stands, please, contact Dr. Tomas
Landete-Castillejos by mail: Tomas.Landete@uclm.es
For registration of participants, evaluation of antlers, please, contact Dainis at:
deerparks@inbox.lv.
Accommodation and meals during the conference: We recommend you to take care of your
accommodation in advance. Regarding hotel booking and catering services during the event,
getting recommendations about nearby hotels and detailed information, please, contact Dr. Dainis
Paeglitis: deerevent@gmail.com.
If you have a suggestion of talk/speaker, please send it as soon as possible, but certainly not
later than 1st of July.

International Deer Conference coorganized by IDUBA “Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Successful Deer Management: opportunities in China” and International antler competition in Latvia, 25-27 July 2018.

Dear colleagues and friends of IDUBA!
We are pleased to invite you to the Conference “Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Successful Deer Management: opportunities in China” and International antler competition. The event will be coorganized by IDUBA and BLSDAA with the support of Ministry of Agriculture of Latvia.
This year we will make a particular effort to show the opportunities for producing and selling deer products to China and the Asian market. The event will bring together the leading deer breeders, scientists, veterinarians, hunters, deer farm managers, fencing and infrastructure companies, nutrition producers of best feeds for excellent trophies, exporter-importer of antlers, processing companies of venison and other types of meat, companies for improving genetics, all of them will come from Europe, Russia, China, New Zealand and other countries. Do not miss your chance to meet professionals and exchange experiences!!!

AIM OF THE MEETING:

-This year in particular: to make an analysis of opportunities in the furture of the market of deer products for the traditional Chinese medicina, to show the type of products, possibilities of production, processing and export for this market of 2000 million Asian people with an excess of demand.

-Participation in the international competition with the best examples of deer antlers. There is the opportunity to impress potential customers and there is a possibility to buy the best stags with impressive antlers for your farm.
-Search for business partners. This is a unique opportunity for companies that produce feed, fencing and all other types of companies to show your products to customers throughout Europe.
-Visiting a scientific conference. To learn the latest applied technologies and scientific information about trophy antlers of the largest sizes, reproduction, genetic, about the best methods of managing of deer, feeding in on farms and in deer parks and game states.
-Exchanging of experience with other managers, breeders, veterinarians, technologists. To consult with the best specialists in the field of deer breeding.
-To have the opportunity to visit one of the best farms in Europe.
-To come to visit the beautiful and hospitable city of Riga.
The Programme of the meeting:
The antlers for competition can be sent till 25 of July (12:00), but the conference with practical demonstrations on field will be held on July 25 and 26. July 27 will be the award ceremony.
Attention!!! The first day of the conference will be held in Riga- it will be 25th of July! The other events will be held in Saulstari Deer Farm, in Sigulda (Latvia).There will be organized a transfer for participants of the conference Riga-More-Riga!
The ceremony of awarding the winners of the international competition of antlers in 2018 WILL BE ATTENDED, very likely, BY THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OF LATVIA! There will be archery games, awards, show, beer ad libitum and great BANQUET.

The PROGRAMME:

ATTENTION: PROFESSIONAL interpreter (ENGLISH-RUSSIAN) WILL BE INVOLVED IN WORK AT THE CONFERENCE !!!

Wednesday, July 25th, 2018
Republikas laukums 2, Riga

10.00 – 10.30 Registration, coffee
10.30 – 13.30 Talks, presentations
13.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 18.00 Talks, presentations

Light meal or drink
Dinner (not included in participation fee)

Thursday, July 26th, 2018
Safari Park More

10.00 – 10.30 Coffee
10.30 – 13.30 Talks, presentations
13.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 18.00 Practical demonstrations on field
Free beer is available permanently!!!

Friday, July 27th, 2018
Safari Park More
THE CEREMONY OF AWARDING THE WINNERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF ANTLERS IN 2018, very likely attendance of Minister of Agriculture of Latvia!!! Archery games, awards,show, beer ad libitum and great BANQUET.

IDUBA members are provided with a discount for registration. The stands for sponsors of IDUBA are free, as before. For membership, sponsorship or stands, please, contact Dr. Tomas Landete-Castillejos by mail: Tomas.Landete@uclm.es
For registration of participants, evaluation of antlers, please, contact Dainis at: deerparks@inbox.lv.
Accommodation and meals during the conference:
We recommend you to take care of your accommodation in advance. Regarding hotel booking and catering services during the event, getting recommendations about nearby hotels and detailed information, please, contact Dr. Dainis Paeglitis: deerevent@gmail.com.

The final list of speakers and reports you can find here:

Deer conference 2018 programme

Thank you in advance for your interest and participation in the conference! See you soon in Latvia!!!

Participation fee 2018 GET PDF
Red deer results 2018
Dama dama results 2018

International antler competition and IDUBA-coorganized meeting on “successful breeding ” in Latvia, 25-28 July 2017

The results of competition you can find here, please
Red deer antler competition results 2017
Fallow deer antler competition results 2017

Dear colleagues and friends of IDUBA!
Once again, our IDUBA Vice President and President of the Association of Farmers of Organic Agriculture and Wildlife, Dr. Dainis Paeglitis, is going to organize the International Deer Antler Competition, in addition to a conference organized jointly with IDUBA, entitled “Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Successful Deer Management”.
The event will bring together the leading deer breeders of Europe and Russia (and other countries), scientists, veterinarians, hunters, farm managers, fencing and infrastructure companies, nutrition producers of best feeds for excellent trophies, exporter-importer of antlers, processing companies of venison and other types of meat, companies for improving genetics of the herd. Do not miss your chance to meet professionals and exchange experiences!!!
The Programme of the meeting:
The antlers for competition can be sent 2 days earlier than the conference, but meeting will be held on July 26 and 27. July 28 will be the award ceremony, which Dainis organizes every year so beautifully.
Attention!!! The first day of the conference will be held in Riga- it will be 26th of July! The other events will be held in Saulstari Deer Farm, in Sigulda (Latvia). There will be organized a transfer for participants of the conference, including the following routes in a such way that it will be convenient for everyone who will stay in the hotel in Riga, Sigulda or More:
26 July (in the morning) – bus route: More – Sigulda – Riga
26 July (after dinner) bus route: Riga – Sigulda – More.
27 July (in the morning) bus route: Riga – Sigulda – More
27 July (after conference) bus route: More – Sigulda – Riga.
28 July (in the morning) bus route: Riga – Sigulda – More.
28 July (after event) bus route: More – Sigulda – Riga.

IDUBA members are provided with a discount for registration. For this it is necessary to send a valid Diploma of the member of the Association. The stands for sponsors of IDUBA are free, as before.
For registration of participants, evaluation of antlers, hotel booking and detailed information about this, please, contact Dainis Paeglitis at: deerparks@inbox.lv.
The Programme for conference so far is this:
Tommy Svensson (Eu. bison Conserv. Center, Sweden). Have you thought about breeding bisons? What you need to know about European Bison management.
Angel Moya (Deer Export, velvet & hard antler export Company, Spain). What you need to know to start the business of velvet antler and other deer products.
Dr. Dainis Paeglitis (BLSDAA,Latvia. Quality demand of live animal and deer products trading.
Prof. Landete-Castillejos (UCLM-Spain). Research on deer lactation and advices for management success.
Prof. Igor Vudmaska (Inst. Anim. Biology, Ukraine’s Nat. Acad. Agric. Sci., Ukraine).​ Basics ruminant nutrition. Peculiarities of deer feeding.
Sergey Aliskerov(Deerland,Russia). White tailed deer breeding and prospects in Russia.
Javier Martin (Venison, Spain). Innovation in deer venison: from the new markets in Arab countries to velvet production for local Chinese population.
Yolanda Fierro (La Morera game estate, Spain). Lessons from daily management of a game estate in Spain: what 35 years of experience can teach you.
Gediminas Vaitiekunas (Lithuania). Deer breeding in Lithuania.
Uldis Plūmīte (Latvia).Design and manufacture of standard and non-standard metal structures.
Dr. Bartolomej Dmuchovsky (Poland).Basic of deer handling .
PVD, research institute BIOR (Latvia). The title of the talk still not determined.
Evita Leitāne (Food and Veterinary Service, Latvia). Game meat inspection.The most common diseases during meat inspection.
Latvian Food and Veterinary Service. (Latvia). Meat parasites. Parasites in meat.
Radovan Kasarda (Slovakia).Trophy based selection and trophy improvement-what are the consequences on natural populations.
Aleksander Sakanov (Safari Park Mushkino, Kaliningrad, Russia). Video talk: cutting, storage and uses of velvet in Safari Park Mushkino.
Visiting VILSA factory.
Talks by IDUBA sponsors :
Sergey Aliskerov(Deerland ,Russia).The current situation of the maintenance and breeding of hunting resources in the semi-voluntary conditions and artificially created habitat in various
regions of the Russian Federation.
Dr. Ing. Jiří Krátký (VVS, Czech Republic). Sophisticated nutrition.Practical experience & application free-choice minerals like pathway to your trophy.
J Silva Moreira (Portugal). News on the Fencing Business.
There is a possiblity that the Deputy Director of North American Deer Farmers Association (NADeFA), Shawn Schaffer, may also attend and give us a particularly interesting talk.
Also, depending on a compromise, our vicepresident Norbert Ullmann (Germany) could also come and give a talk (logically, the topic of the report is not defined until he can confirm attendance).
ATTENTION: PROFESSIONAL interpreter (ENGLISH-RUSSIAN) WILL BE INVOLVED IN WORK AT THE CONFERENCE !!!

For membership,sponsorship or stands, please, contact Dr. Tomas Landete-Castillejos by mail: Tomas.Landete@uclm.es.

Accommodation and meals during the conference:  deerevent@gmail.com.

Thank you in advance for your interest and participation in the conference!
See you soon in Latvia!!!
The cost of participation in the event can be found here: participation-fee-2017

International antler competition and OFWABA(Organic Farmers and Wild Animal Breeders Association)-IDUBA annual deer breeding conference “Theoretical and practical aspects for successful deer farming experience” , Latvia,25-28 of July 2016.

Dama dama antler competition results 2016

Red deer antler competition results 2016

We propose you to take part this year in new edition of OFWABA( ORGANIC FARMERS and  Wild Animal Breeders Association)-IDUBA annual deer breeding conference with the title “Theoretical and practical aspects for successful deer farming experience.”  It will take place on the 27th and 28^th of July. As in previous editions, it will take place simultaneously with the international antler competition, which takes place from 25th till 28th of July (last day for antler submission- 27^th). On the 29th of July there will be the awards ceremony  and socialization that so wonderfully Dainis organizes every year. The events  will take place in Saulstari Deer Farm, Sigulda, Latvia. As last year, it consists of a technical meeting with talks by scientists and deer breeders for other breeders and deer professionals  plus practical training and the international antler valuation competition.

IDUBA members have a discount in the registration. Stands are free for IDUBA sponsors, as in previous editions.

For antler valuation, hotel booking, and related information, please contact Dr. Dainis Paeglitis at deerparks@inbox.lv.

For suggestions of talks (abstract deadline 1^st of July), sponsorship or stands, please contact Dr. Tomas Landete-Castillejos at Tomas.Landete@uclm.es.

2016 DGM Participation fees you can find here

IDUBA annual presidium meeting, Spain, 7-11 of March 2016

IDUBA annual presidium meeting will take place in the hotel in Costa Adeje, Island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, from 7-11th March. Topics to be discussed will be, among others, to design strategies for growth of IDUBA, particularly in Russia and Belarus.

VVS Vermerovice Meeting, Czech republic, March 2016

IDUBA sponsor VVS Vermerovice will organize a meeting jointly with IDUBA and Institute of Animal Science (IAS,Prague,CZ) on the 30th in Jablonné nad Orlicí (Czech Republic), in the hotel Filipinum (www.filipinum.cz), starting from 12.00 pm.

The name of the conference is ” Deer nutrition and feeding”.

You can see the program and make on-line registration: www.feedfordeer.com.

DGM,Latvia, 28-31 July 2015

International antler competition, and IDUBA-LWABA-BIOR congress Deer Genetics and Management 2015, 28-31 July in Latvia.

Dear IDUBA members, DGM 2015, with the name of “IMPROVEMENT OF RED AND FALLOW DEER STOCK QUALITY” took part in Saulstari Deer Farm, Latvia, from 29th to 31st of July 2015. Members can find in the private part the pdf of all the talks, whereas members and non-members can see here the results of the international antler competition for red and fallow deer. Please find here the link to the pdf of rankings. You can also find an information about this meeting in our Newsletter July – August 2015 on our web-site: https://iduba.info/news/ , members of IDUBA can find the full version of this Newsletter in the private part of the site using their personal passwords.

Take PDF Results of the International Antler Competition, Latvia

Dear members of IDUBA, we invite you to take part this year in deer breeding conference and antler competition that will take place in Safari park More, Latvia during the last week of July. As last year, it consists of a technical meeting with talks by scientists and deer breeders for other breeders and deer professionals; plus the international antler valuation competition.

Antler valuation: you should bring last antlers grown (in 2014, cut or cast). Each participant can bring up to 6 antler pairs. There are several categories, so that although it is very difficult to be absolute champion, you stand also a good chance in one of the categories. Antlers can be brought up to 30th of July. This is not participated by IDUBA, so you should only contact: deerparks@inbox.lv.

There is a discount for IDUBA members. So, please, send the certificate of membership/renewal for 2015 to deerparks@inbox.lv

DGM will be held on the 29th-31st of july with the title “Improvement of Red and Fallow Deer Stock Quality”. The areas of talks (10 to 16h every day), still under negotiation, are: 1) Biotechnology and deer farming; 2) Animal training for intensive breeding; 3) Deer Basics of Farming; 4) Antler composition – feeding relationships; 5) Veterinary care; 6) Deer management and selection; 7) Deer farming in East European countries – Belarus, Russia, Azerbaijan; 8) Genetic valuation of red deer and fallow deer stags.

Speakers (approved till today): Dr.Dainis Paeglitis (Latvia), Dr.T.Landete-Castillejos (Spain), Dr. Bartłomiej Dmuchowski (Poland), Dr. Jaroslav Pokorádi (Slovakia), Ondřej Faltus (Czech Republic), Tofiq Hasanov (Azerbaijan) and more.

We kindly ask all persons who are interested to participate in the conference –please, apply for participation and send us abstracts of the talk till 5 of July: Tomas.Landete@uclm.es
Working language is English. The Russian translation will be provided.

For IDUBA sponsors: Free exposition, poster and stand places. Presentation time during the conference on July 31st.
For sponsorship, advertisements, stands, posters etc .,please, contact the president of IDUBA Dr.Tomas Landete-Castillejos by e-mail: Tomas.Landete@uclm.es

More information,please,find in the pdf files or if you e-mail us at info.iduba@gmail.com

DGM, Latvia, August 2014

DGM ,Latvia, August 2014 (Deer Genetics and Management; DGM)

Deer Genetics and Management (DGM) was the second edition of the congress from scientists and deer professionals to deer breeders (like EMAD in 2013). It took place in Saulstari deer farm (www.safariparks.lv), near Sigulda, Latvia.
ORGANIZERS:
International Deer and Ungulate Breeders Association IDUBA
Latvian Wild Animal Breeders Association LWABA
Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment „BIOR”

Program:
4th – 7th of August  – Not exactly part of DGM, Saulstari deer farm organied a deer show and valuation, an international competition for best cast antlers of red and fallow deer antlers. Participants came from Latvia (15 Latvian deer breeding farms) as well as representatives from Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, England, Spain, Russia, Belorussia and other countries.
6th – 7th of August  – Took place the scientific conference “Deer Genetics and Management”.
8th of August  –Took place the award ceremony, exposition, party

EMAD ,Spain, September 2013

European Meeting on Antlers and Deer (EMAD)

It was a meeting to learn about the latest applied techniques and science to grow larger antlers, improve management and nutrition of deer in captivity (farms) or semi-captivity (deer parks and game estates). It was also a fair on deer, so that on the one hand, deer breeders brought their photos of their best stags to show to people interested in deer from all over Europe. It was a place to make business: buy good stags for your farm, sell deer with impressive antlers to deer parks, game estates, sell trophies to hunters, etc. Also, this was a meeting to exchange experience with other deer breeders, managers, technologists, etc. As a fair, it was a unique opportunity for nutrition companies, and all other types of companies, to show their products to buyers all over Europe.
EMAD took place from 9 th of September 2013 till 13 th of September 2013 in Albacete, Spain.