AZA Ungulate TAGs
2024 Mid-Year Meeting

Held in conjunction with the AZA Mid-Year Meeting
17-19 March 2024
Hosted by the Memphis Zoo, Memphis TN

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.

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that some presentations are not available online, or are only available in a modified version, due to the presence of unpublished data or sensitive information.

Ungulate TAG Chair Briefings

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

• Deer & Caprinae TAG

• Equid TAG

• Hippo, Peccary, Pig, and Tapir (HPPT) TAG

• Rhino TAG

TAG Initiatives & AZA Updates

• TAG Program Updates

• Ungulate Conservation Task Force

• C2S2 Update

• Consortium panel discussion

• Partnership For Species

• Dik-dik consortium model

• Ungulate Resource Group (URG)

• URG: Best Practices in Ungulate Nutrition

Male Ungulate Management Session

• Intro and review of previous bachelor survey results findings – David Powell

• Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra bachelor group management – Melissa Dacumos

• Using pharmacological management in Asian wild horse bachelor groups – Julie Swenson

• Boys to men – giraffe bachelor group management – Cindy Hall

• B. Bryan Preserve bachelor groups – Brooke Shea

Housing & Husbandry of Ungulates IGNITE Session

• How environments affect behavior, which affects hoof health – Amy Schilz

• Is it safe? A framework for using limited information to approve browse and plant species – Jared Moeller

• Transformative training: overcoming challenges with adaptive methods in behavioral husbandry – Jordan Baur

• Reviewing best practices in ungulate nutrition – Erin Kendrick

• Reproduction of the yellow-backed duiker: hormone monitoring supports the health and husbandry management of a near threatened species – Jess Karan

• EMCV detection and mitigation at the Houston Zoo – John Register

IGNITE Session: Advances in ungulate management husbandry technology

• Session introduction

• BioWorma: Fungal Pest Control at Zoo Miami - J.T. Svoke, Zoo Miami

• Thermography for lameness management - Liza Dadone, VMD, Giraffe Veterinary Services

• Hoofstock loading chute design - Alex Hauenstein & Nydia Gray, Dallas Zoo

• Stable Grazers - Tim Van Loan, The Living Desert Zoo

• Bite-Lite Fly trap - Michelle Hatwood, Audubon Species Survival Center

• Drone use at The Wilds - Dan Beetem, The Wilds
  

Reports from the Field

• Saola Foundation – Bill Robichaud, Saola Foundation

• Giraffe Conservation and why anti-poaching support is key - Liza Dadone & Kayla Walich, Save Giraffes Now

• Sahara Conservation - John Newby & Violeta Barrios, Sahara Conservation

• Peninsular Pronghorn Recovery Project - Melodi Tayles, San Diego Zoo Safari Park