AZA Ungulate TAGs
2018 Midyear Meeting

Held in conjunction with the AZA Mid-Year Meeting
24-26 March 2018
Hosted by Jacksonville Zoo, Jacksonville FL

TAG Meeting Presentations

*Please note that some presentations are not available online, or are only available in a modified version, due to the presence of unpublished data or sensitive information.

Welcome and Introduction

AZA Ungulate TAG Chair Briefings

• Antelope and Giraffe TAG

• Caprinae TAG

• Deer (Cervid/Tragulid) TAG

• Equid TAG

• Tapir TAG

• Wild Cattle and Camelid TAG

• Wild Pig, Peccary and Hippo TAG

TAG Initiatives

• TAG Program Updates

• Marketing Team Update - Roxanna Breitigan, Michelle Hatwood & Brent Huffman

• Dedicated Fund Report - RoxAnna Breitigan

• Mentorship Program Update - Ashley Arimborgo

• Behavioral Husbandry Committee Update - Amy Schilz and Becca Van Beek

• Giraffe SAFE Update - Liza Dadone & Andi Kornak
  • Giraffe SAFE Marketing - RoxAnna Breitigan

• Source Population Alliance (SPA) Update - Gavin Livingston

• Action Indonesia: Global Species Management Plans
  • Banteng update - Steve Metzler
  • Babirusa and anoa update - Jeff Holland

Reports from the Field

• Achieving Stability for Tapir Conservation - Chris Jordan

• Operation Twiga: Working Together to Save the Nubian Giraffe - Liza Dadone

• Sahelo-Saharan Conservation Update - John Newby

• Calamian Deer Conservation Updates - Jeff Holland

• Tamaraw Conservation Programme Update - Jeff Holland

• Saiga: Russia & Ukraine Update - Andy Blue

• Saola Working Group Update - Bill Robichaud

• Catching Hope re-purposed poaching snare program - Erin Flynn

• Proyecto Tagua: Chacoan peccary conservation program - Juan Campos

Annual Ungulate Research Symposium

• Evolution and diversification of central African forest duikers (subfamily Cephalophinae): applications to conservation management - Nicola Anthony

• Use of Improvest® for ovarian suppression in giraffe - Anneke Moresco

• Review of AI in banteng, possible indicators for the role of stress - James Gillis

• Semen and spermatozoa parameters from a captive population of the endangered Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri) in Paraguay - Annie Newell-Fugate (presented by Linda Penfold)

• The impact of novel pheromones or novel boar introduction on estrous cycle characteristics and fecal progestogen metabolite concentrations in female Red River Hogs (Potamochoerus porcus) - Annie Newell-Fugate (presented by Linda Penfold)

• North Sulawesi babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis) Reproductive Management in Zoos: Challenges and Recent Learnings - Shana Lavin

• Using the RVA process to explore the reproductive success in red river hogs (Potamochoerus porcus) - David Powell

Ungulate Husbandry, Enrichment & Training Session

• Living Desert Giraffe Conservation and Care Center - Wendy Enright

• Does this shot make my hock look hot? Utilization of thermal imaging in ungulates - Kaitlyn Vanderwall, 2018 Ungulate TAG Scholarship winner

• Small Antelope Hand Rearing and Management at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge - Lissa McCaffree & Ashley Roth

• The Giraffe Plasma Bank and the Butterfly Effect - Liza Dadone

• 100 Acre Woods on the Bayou - Michael Birt & Chris St. Romain

• New and Innovative Okapi Training for Voluntary Medical Procedures - Sarah Werzinske

• Fiona the hippo: Facts, fandom and the art of animal management - Christina Gorsuch

Rhino TAG meeting

Rhino TAG Meeting Overview

• White Rhino program update - Adam Eyres

• Eastern Black Rhino program update - Lisa Smith

• Greater One-horned Rhino program update - Randy Rieches

Rhino Research Council (RRC)

• RRC Masterplan & Health Update

• Veterinary Research and Necropsy Protocol for Rhinoceros

• RRC Behavior & Ecology updates - Lara Metrione

• Relatedness in southern white rhinoceros: preliminary results and inplications for breeding management at White Oak - Lara C. Metrione, Jamie A. Ivy, Clarice Brewer, Linda M. Penfold

• RRC Nutrition update - Katie Sullivan

• Iron Overload Disorder - Katie Sullivan & Shana Lavin

• RRC Reproduction update - Monica Stoops

San Diego Northern White Rhino Initiative - Parker Pennington
Discussion topics: Challenges and Creative Fixes for Rhino Management