AZA Ungulate TAGs
2014 Midyear Meeting
Held in conjunction with the AZA Mid-Year Meeting
23-25 March 2014
Hosted by the Memphis Zoo, Memphis, TN
TAG Meeting Presentations
AZA Ungulate TAG Chair Briefings
- Antelope and Giraffe TAG (begins on page 10)
- Bison, Buffalo and Cattle TAG
- Caprinae TAG
- Cervid TAG
- Equid TAG
- Wild Pig, Peccary and Hippo TAG
TAG Initiative Updates from 2013
- TAG Program Updates
- Ruminant Importation Update – Linda Penfold & Jeff Holland
- Marketing Team Update – Roxanna Breitigan, Brent Huffman & Michelle Hatwood
- Keeper Development Update - Greg Peccie
- Giraffe Conservation and World Giraffe Day – Sheri Horiszny
- Source Population Alliance: A proposal for attaining ungulate sustainability – Adam Eyres
Reports from the Field
- Sahara Conservation Fund – John Newby, Executive Director
- Grevy’s Zebra Trust – Peter Lalampaa, Field Program Director
- Chacoan Peccary Field Program – Dennis Merritt & Jeff Holland
- Okapi Conservation Project – John Lukas
- Saiga Conservation Program in Russia – Dan Beetem and Randy Rieches
Annual Ungulate Research Symposium
- Incorporating high density SNP data into genetic management – Jamie Ivy & Andrea Putnam, San Diego Zoo
- Updates on semen transport and AI initiatives for Global Population Management in Equids – Mandi Schook, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
- The relationship between husbandry and reproductive success in captive Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus) – Annie Newell-Fugate, University of Illinois
- Measuring ‘stress’ in free ranging ungulate herds – the importance of context. Wolves and bison as an example – Linda Penfold, South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction and Conservation (SEZARC).
- Weird Science: Twinning in bongo and freemartins – Linda Penfold, SEZARC (begins on page 16)
Ungulate Husbandry, Enrichment & Training Session
- Euthanasia Survey Update – David Powell & Matt Ardaiolo
- Herd Management Techniques at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge – Steve Metzler, Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
- Moose Hoofwork Training at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo – RoxAnna Breitigan, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
- A Budding Browse Program – Tracy Thessing, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
- Training Giraffe for Voluntary Hoof Care – Amy Schilz, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
- Hoofwork Training Facilitates Diagnosis and Treatment of Lameness in a Giraffe Herd – Liza Dadone, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
AAZK’s future direction with specialized tracks and regional workshops – Bob Cisneros, AAZK
An update on ungulate contraception from the AZA Contraception Center, Dr. Cheri Asa and Mary Agnew