AZA Ungulate TAGs
2022 Midyear Meeting

Held in conjunction with the AZA Mid-Year Meeting
22-26 April 2022
Hosted by the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach CA

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

Rhinoceros TAG Proceedings

Download the abstracts from the 2022 Rhino TAG meeting.

TAG Meeting Presentations

The full Ungulate TAG meeting agenda can be downloaded here.

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that some presentations are not available online, or are only available in a modified version, due to the presence of unpublished data or sensitive information.

Giraffe Technical Rescue workshop

• Presentations and discussion for giraffe emergencies, moderated by Liza Dadone, VMD Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

• Upcoming: Exotic Animal Technical Rescue Workshop, hosted by Utah’s Hogle Zoo, July 12, 2022

Ungulate TAG Chair Briefings

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

• Caprinae TAG

• Deer TAG

• Hippo, Peccary, Pig, and Tapir TAG

• Rhino TAG

• Equid TAG

TAG Initiatives

• Animal Program Update and Q &A

• Marketing Team Update

• Ungulate Resource Group (URG)

• Behavioral Husbandry Committee

• Mentor Project

• Ungulate Conservation Task Force

• Education Advisory Group

Ungulate Scientific Management Session

• Reference ranges for neonatal milestones and parameters in healthy giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) calves - Kimberly A. Thompson DVM , Binder Park Zoo

• Continued development and implementation of an anti-GnRF immunological product to reduce behavioral stress in 5.0 giraffe - Cindy Hall, Naples Zoo

• Looking Back to Look Forward: Contraceptive Use in the Reproductive Management of Ex Situ Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) - Ashley D. Franklin, PhD, St Louis Zoo-AZA Reproductive Management Center

• Successful artificial insemination in the scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) - An Update - Budhan Pukazhenthi, PhD Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

• Pursuing advances in reproductive and gestational technologies to support species protection and restoration - Matt James, Colossal Bioscience

Reports from the Field

• Rapid Response Giraffe Conservation: Opportunities for Zoos - David O’Connor, Save Giraffes Now

• Action Indonesia update - James Burton

• Sahara Conservation update - Justin Chuvin

• Large-antlered muntjac Conservation – Michelle Hatwood

• The West Visayas Species Recovery Project - Roger Sweeney

• CCCI Tapir Project Update - Martin Ramirez

Ungulate Husbandry, Enrichment, and Training Session

• Improving Animal Welfare One Hoof At A Time: Investing in the future of our herds - Amy Schilz, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and Cindy Hall, Naples Zoo

• Blood Draw Training for the Future: How can we help you, help us, help giraffe? - Amy Schilz, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo & Behavior Works

• Boys in Stripes: Bachelor herd experiences with Grevy’s zebras at the Toronto Zoo - Brent Huffman, Toronto Zoo

• Hippo Transport: Overview of an adult male River Hippo transport - Eric Byrd, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens

• Designing and Managing a Large Multi-species Black Rhinoceros Habitat - RoxAnna Breitigan and Jared Moeller, The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens

• The successful introduction of 1.0 Chacoan peccary to an established 1.2 father/daughter group at Sedgwick County Zoo - Katie Kimble, Sedgwick County Zoo

• Giraffe transport : An overview of the giraffe loading system and the Audubon Species Survival Center. Michelle Hatwood, Audubon Species Survival Center