The focus of the program today is the imposing threat of this H5 variant of bird flu. Put simply, it will kill all birds who are infected. But it does cross to mammals. In Europe and the US, its infecting dairy herds and there’s a lot to learn.

You’ll hear from a former CFA volunteer of some 24 years, Barry O'Conner who has collated a summary of what has happened to CFA in the past decade.

This year's feature breed at Sheepvention in Hamilton was the Corriedale.