AZA Ungulate TAGs
2021 Midyear Meeting

Held virtually in conjunction with the AZA Mid-Year Meeting
23-26 March 2021

Stay connected: join the Ungulate TAG Community!

The Ungulate TAGs share a joint community on the AZA Network. It is a great way to connect with other members of the ungulate community to share successes, ask questions, and provide feedback. Registration is free, even if you are not an AZA member.

First, sign up as a user on this page:
https://ams.aza.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=newuserreg

Then find Ungulate TAG in the list of Communities, or follow this link:
https://network.aza.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=8c85a34f-9300-4eea-80f5-172a3a010c39

TAG Meeting Presentations

The full Ungulate TAG meeting agenda can be downloaded here.

Recordings of the virtual meetings are available on the AZA Meetings Page

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that some presentations are not available online, or are only available in a modified version, due to the presence of unpublished data or sensitive information.

• TAG Program Updates

Tuesday March 23, 2021
11-1 PM EDT

AZA Ungulate TAG Chair Briefings

• Antelope, Cattle, Giraffid, and Camelid (ACGC) TAG

• Caprinae TAG

• Deer (Cervid/Tragulid) TAG

• Equid TAG

• Hippo, Peccary, Pig, and Tapir TAG

• Rhino TAG

TAG Initiatives

• The Future of SSPs and How it May Impact the Ungulate TAGs and Collection Planning - Panel featuring Dave Powell, Animal Population Management Committee, Saint Louis Zoo and Ungulate TAG Chairs

  • Planned SSP Changes: Potential Impact on the ACGC TAG

  • Planned SSP Changes: Potential Impact on the Caprinae TAG

  • Planned SSP Changes: Potential Impact on the Deer TAG

  • Planned SSP Changes: Potential Impact on the Equid TAG

  • Planned SSP Changes: Potential Impact on the HIPPIT TAG

• Marketing Team Update – RoxAnna Breitigan, The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens and Michelle Hatwood, Audubon Species Survival Center

• AZA Ungulates Website Overview – Brent Huffman, Toronto Zoo

• Mentorship Program – Ashley Arimborgo, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

• Animal Care Manuals – Dan Beetem, The Wilds

• Ungulate Research Group (URG!) Development – Julie Swenson, DVM, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

• Conservation Programs Evaluation Task Force – Kristen Wolfe, Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Reports from the Field – Moderators, Wendy Enright and RoxAnna Breitigan, The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens

• Peninsular Pronghorn Conservation Project – Melodi Tayles, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

• Large-antlered Muntjac CGF Grant – Michelle Hatwood, Audubon Species Survival Center

• Action Indonesia Update – James Burton, IUCN Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group

• Saola Working Group activities - James Burton, IUCN Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group

• Sahara Conservation Fund Report – John Watkin, Sahara Conservation Fund

• Giraffe Projects Report – Derek Lee and Monica Bond, Wild Nature Institute

• Annamite Rewilding Project – Barney Long, Global Wildlife Conservation

• Okapi Conservation Project – Lucas Meers, Jacksonville Zoo

• Rothschild’s/Nubian giraffe rescue from a flooding island – David O’Connor, Save Giraffes Now

• Lowland Tapir Project – Jeff Holland, Center for the Conservation of Tropical Ungulates

• Re-establishing a population of critically endangered Nubian giraffe in Uganda’s Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve – Michael Brown, Giraffe Conservation Foundation

Ungulate Scientific Management Session – Moderators, Jamie Ivy, PhD, and Andrea Putnam, PhD, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

• How do mating systems influence biobanking strategies? An illustration using two Indonesian bovids, banteng (Bos javanicus) and lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) – James Gillis, South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction and Conservation

• Causes of morbidity and mortality and intervention strategies in gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) at the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park 2008-2020 – Meredith Clancy, DVM, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

• Comparison of genetic diversity and metapopulation management of sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) and dama gazelle (Nanger dama) in zoos, breeding centers, and private ranches in North America – Rebecca Gooley, PhD, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

• Adaptation to managed care drive changes in the rhinoceros gut microbiome – Candice Williams, PhD, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Ungulate Husbandry Presentations – Moderators, Andi Kornak, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, and Mike Murray, Lincoln Park Zoo

• Training a giraffe for voluntary stem cell treatments – Amy Schilz, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

• Voluntary hoof trim training – Chelsea Riley, Brevard Zoo

• There is no place like home: one giraffe’s tale of being trained to overcome a fear of crossing thresholds – The Living Desert

• Computed tomography and pathology findings in the feet of zoo giraffe – Liza Dadone, DVM, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

• Relationship building and barn shifting with 2.2 Hartmann’s mountain zebras – Emily Mack, Zoo Knoxville

• Development and implementation of a GNRF product to reduce behavioral stress of 5.0 giraffe – Cindy Hall, Naples Zoo

• Creating antifragile zebras: a program of active and passive resilience training at Oakland Zoo – Darren Minier, Oakland Zoo

4:00-6:00pm

Ungulate TAG Watering Hole – Relaxing and Socializing with Fellow Hoofstock Fans