Showing posts with label exotic animal husbandry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exotic animal husbandry. Show all posts

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Animal Keepers' Forum - Dedicated Issue on Ungulate Husbandry



Animal Keepers' Forum - Dedicated Issue on Ungulate Husbandry

The Journal of the American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.


At last the (172-page) dedicated issue on Ungulate Husbandry, Enrichment, Training and Conservation has been posted out to members of the American Association of Zoo Keepers. This full colour edition is going to be of extreme importance to managers and keepers of ungulates wherever they are in the world so you are advised to budget for a copy now.
Details about purchasing this valuable reference will be up on the website in the next few weeks. Prices will be $25 for AAZK members, $50 for Non-members and all non-US orders must add $10 for airmail postage.

Table of Contents – July/August 2011




  • Information for Contributors
  • From the Editor/Sponsor Acknowledgements
  • Opening the Corral Gates!
  • TAG - You’re It!
  • Animal Management Support for Wild Equid Research at the Wilds
  • Teaching Young Giraffe Old Tricks:
  • Changing Learned Behaviors in a Herd of Captive Giraffe
  • Ruminant Browser Nutrition Workshop (A Synopsis)
  • Practical Considerations for Restraint of Hoofed Mammals in a Small Zoo
  • Inventing the Wheel: Hand-Rearing a Single Babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa)
  • Here There Be Dragons: Okapi Conservation in Africa’s Equatorial Forest
  • Zoo Atlanta’s Hoofstock Enrichment Program
  • Managing Ungulates in Mixed-Species Exhibits at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
  • Ungulate TAGs Connecting with Keepers: An Update
  • A Voice for Captive Prey Species
  • Managing Moose in Captivity
  • Easy Bison Enrichment in a Cash Strapped Economy
  • The Way Home: Moving a Herd of 1.6 Reticulated Giraffe into a New Facility
  • Caring for African Ungulates in a Winter Climate
  • Rearing Antelope: Three Thriving Examples at the Saint Louis Zoo
  • Walking a Mile in Their Hooves:
  • Managing Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis mexicana) in Natural Exhibits
  • Ungulate TAG Meetings and Conferences: We Want You!
  • Candid Camera: Using Camera Traps to Monitor Animal Behavior
  • Porcine Perfection: Red River Hogs in Mixed-Species Exhibits
  • The Tapir Paper
  • Striving for Sustainability: The Ungulate Manager’s Toolbox
  • Managing a Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffe camelopardalis) with Allergies
  • Ungulates Websites of Interest
  • Training Przewalski’s Horses Using Protected Contact in a Facility with Limited Resources
  • Training the “untrainable”: Using Natural Behavior and Positive Reinforcement to Train Husbandry Behaviors in a Gerenuk (Litacranius walleri)
  • Goat Lab - Evolution of a Training Class
  • Elevating Warthog Care Through Training
  • What’s This Ungulate Care Workshop I’ve Been Hearing So Much About?
  • Freezing Browse for Year-round Feeding of Giraffe and Other Hoofstock
  • Rhinoceros Enrichment
  • Managing a Research Population of an Extremely Flighty Ungulate Species at SCBI
  • Hoof Management of Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
  • Moving Onward and Upward: Building a Contemporary Giraffe Facility
  • Creating New Tools to Reduce Fearful Behavior with Three Ungulate Species at the Oakland Zoo
  • Tactiles - The Transition from a Behavior to a Reinforcer:
  • A Case Study of 1.0 Grant’sZebra (Equus burchellii) at the Oakland Zoo
  • Bongo Calf Splaying and Coxofemoral Luxation
  • Benefits of Goal-Based Behavioral Husbandry for Captive Bovid and Cervid Species
  • Ungulate Care Workshops (information and contacts)

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Monday, May 10, 2010

Exotic Animal Medicine for the Veterinary Technician

Exotic Animal Medicine for the Veterinary Technician
To order, learn or see more please click HERE

Product Description


Exotic Animal Medicine for the Veterinary Technician, Second Edition is a comprehensive yet clear introduction to exotic animal practice for technicians in the classroom and clinic setting alike. With an emphasis on the exotic species most likely to present to a veterinary practice, the book offers easy-to-follow descriptions of common procedures and techniques. Covering information ranging from anatomy, restraint, and common diseases to radiology, surgical assisting, and parasitology, Exotic Animal Medicine for the Veterinary Technician provides technicians with all the information necessary to confidently and competently treat exotic patients.

From the Back Cover

Exotic Animal Medicine for the Veterinary Technician, Second Edition is a comprehensive yet clear introduction to exotic animal practice for technicians in the classroom and clinic setting alike. With an emphasis on the exotic species most likely to present to a veterinary practice, the book offers easy-to-follow descriptions of common procedures and techniques. Covering information ranging from anatomy, restraint, and common diseases to radiology, surgical assisting, and parasitology, Exotic Animal Medicine for the Veterinary Technician provides technicians with all the information necessary to confidently and competently treat exotic patients.

Now fully updated to reflect current practices in exotic animal medicine, this revised edition includes new information on birds, especially avian behavior and enrichment, aviary management, and avian reproduction; additional information on snake reproduction; more information on skunks, sugar gliders, and prairie dogs; and an increased emphasis on husbandry and nutrition. Exotic Animal Medicine for the Veterinary Technician, Second Edition, is an invaluable reference for trainee and working veterinary technicians as well as practicing veterinarians.

Key features:

Introduces the reader to exotic animal practice with complete coverage and an easily-understood writing style

Provides step-by-step descriptions of common procedures and techniques

Ranges from basic to advanced information, encompassing anatomy, restraint, common diseases, and surgical assisting, all geared specifically toward the veterinary technician

Includes expanded information on birds, skunks, sugar gliders, and prairie dogs

Emphasizes husbandry and nutrition throughout, getting to the root of failure to thrive in exotic pets

Includes access to supplementary Web materials, including review questions, Web resources, forms and charts for download, and figures for download into PowerPoint

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Animal Welfare Technicians (part time) - Moulton College

Moulton College, Northampton - Animal Welfare Technicians (part time)

Salary: up to £16,542.00 pro-rata

The continued growth in students wishing to study animal welfare, veterinary nursing and related courses means there has never been a more exciting opportunity to join Moulton College.

We invite applications from suitably qualified and experienced individuals to work within the purpose built facilities at Moulton and also at our Vocational Skills Academies in Silverstone and Higham Ferrers

Duties will include all routine tasks required for maintaining the health, care and welfare of a range of companion and exotic animals. In addition you will undertake animal husbandry & environmental enrichment activities, updating and maintaining records and preparing stock and equipment for use in practical classes.

For further details and an application pack, please contact:jobs@moulton.ac.uk

Closing date for applications: 8th September, 2009