AZA Ungulate TAGs
2012 Midyear Meeting
Held in conjunction with the AZA MId-Year Meeting
26, 28-29 March 2012
Hosted by The Living Desert, Palm Springs CA
"Herds of a Feather Flock Together"
Joint ASAG/Ungulate TAG Mixed Species Workshop
The challenges we all face in building sustainable populations while creating dynamic exhibits require some outside-the-nestbox solutions. Ungulate and bird curators, managers and keepers have much to gain by stampeding together to explore ways to wring more out of our limited exhibit space: increased capacity for our program animals, more dynamic exhibits to benefit our animals and our visitors, and diversification of keeper skills are just some of the benefits. Whether your tastes run to flocks or herds, this workshop will benefit you so migrate over to our joint workshop to share ideas on how we can all work together for greater sustainability of our populations.
TAG Meeting Presentations
Welcome and introduction
AZA Ungulate TAG Chair Briefings
Antelope and Giraffe TAG - Martha Fischer
Buffalo, Bison and Cattle TAG - Lisa Smith
Caprinae TAG - Jeff Holland
Cervid TAG - Tony Fisher
Equid TAG - Tim Thier
Wild Pig, Peccary and Hippo TAG - Carmi Penny
TAG Initiative Updates from 2011
TAG Program updates
Ruminant Importation Update - Linda Penfold and Jeff Holland
Animal Suitability and SSP Recommendations - Kelly Snodgrass and Adam Eyres
Euthanasia - Dave Powell and Bill Houston
60 Minutes Video - Randy Rieches
Review of marketing and awareness accomplishments to date - Martha Fischer
New Ungulate Species Profiles - Brent Huffman, RoxAnna Breitigan, and Michelle Hatwood
Partnering with International Giraffe Working Group to make in situ giraffe conservation information available to zoos - David Brown and Amy Phelps
Ungulate Husbandry, Handling/Restraint, Enrichment & Training Session
Managing a training program for zebra at the Maryland Zoo - Jonnie Capiro
Nile lechwe herd management at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park - Jonnie Capiro
Positive reinforcement training with a herd of southern gerenuk - Lissa McCaffree
Training for chiropractic adjustments, cold LASER therapy, and stretching to manage a giraffe with a cervical spine injury - Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
B3H3 at Zoo Miami - Tracy Sorensen
The use of a stationary drop-floor chute as an alternative to chemical immobilization for ungulates at San Diego Zoo's shipping pens - Bob Cisneros
Hand-restraint under sedation trials with Arabian oryx - Michelle Hatwood
Takin health survey report - Diana Boon
Reports from the Field
Scimitar-horned oryx reintroduction in Chad - Adam Eyres
Hirola recovery project - Martha Fischer
Saola conservation - Bill Robichaud
Conservation and status of Southeast Asian deer - Bill Robichaud
Okapi Conservation Program - White Oak Conservation Center
Grevy's Zebra Trust - Martha Fischer
Markhor conservation project in Tajikistan - Tom LaBarge
Annual Ungulate Research Symposium
Incorporating DNA data into the genetic management of the addax SSP - Jamie Ivy
A proposal to assess baseline reproductive hormone profiles and the effect of pheromones on mating success in non-breeding pairs of babirusa and red river hog - Annie Newell-Fugate
Mixing science with politics: shifting current paradigms about semen collection and importation - Mandi Vick
The effect of long-acting neuroleptics on reproductions in Artiodactyla: Research update - Barb Wolfe
"Use it or Lose it" reproductive changes in non-breeding females - Linda Penfold