Record keeping and animal ID

Question 1

What do animal records do

Answer 1

Help keep track of everything happening in animal department
- contain historical data
- allows data to easily be shared between zoos
- basis for population management (stud books)

Question 2

What information is needed to be recorded

Answer 2

• Biological data - sex, age, breeding, species
• Clinical data - medication, sedation, surgical procedures
• Husbandry changes - enclosure, social structures
• Collection changes - births, deaths, new species

Question 3

How is data recorded

Answer 3

Daily diary
Zootrition
Stud books - updated by studbook keeper
ZIMA - ZOO information management system
Collection registrar

Question 4

What is 360 ZIMS

Answer 4

Zoo information management system

Question 5

What is Zootrition

Answer 5

Zootrition is a comprehensive database that provides zoo and wildlife manager with a pweorful tool to compare nutritional content of specific food items and calculate overall nutritional xcompostition of diets

Question 6

How to identify individual animals

Answer 6

Ear tags
Scars
Pitch marks
Microchips
Wing bands and rings
Natural marking