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AAZK

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American Association of Zoo Keepers

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ACUC

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Animal Care and Use Committee

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Ankus

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Elephant trainer implement, AKA bullhook or elephant guide

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Anthropomorphism

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giving human characteristics to animal actions of behavior

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APHIS

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Animal & Plant Health Inspection Services

Act used by USDA to inspect facilities

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Arachnophobia

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fear of spiders, most common fear in Western culture

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ARKS

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Animal Record Keeping System

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AWA

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Animal Welfare Act, Started 1966

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AZA

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Association of Zoos and Aquariums

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AZA SAFE

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Saving Animals From Extinction

AZA initiative to increase funding for wild conservation projects

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Bagged up

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term used to indicate the mammaries of an ungulate are full, indicating imminent birth

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Bloodsicle

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chunks of ice with blood from meat diets frozen into it, give to carnivores for enrichment

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Bobcat

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AKA skid steer loader, small tractor/front end loader used to move large amounts of materials

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Boomer Ball

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hard plastic ball given as enrichment to animals

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Bonk

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to hand kill. Generally, rodents used for food

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Bridge

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training term that refers to using a secondary reward (click, whistle, ‘good boy’) to indicate the animal has done a behavior correctly.
used most prevalent in aquatic training when the animal is far from the trainer and could not receive the primary reward.

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Browse

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Natural limbs, leaves, etc. for food/enrichment

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BTS

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Behind the Scenes

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Carnivore

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eating meat, also the term used to refer to the animals that are meat eaters, i.e. the Carnivore keeper.

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Catch-up

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refers to capturing or restraining an animal, usually via physical restraint (nets, snare-poles, gloves, crates) or behavioral restraint (animal stations for an anesthetic injection).

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Caudal

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tail

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Cephalid

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head

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CITES

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Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species, 1975

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Chute

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a long area or shift that is used to move larger animals in a single file, will sometimes contain a squeeze

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Clutch

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Number of eggs laid at one time

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Commissary

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facility where food is stored and sometimes prepared prior to delivery to animal areas

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Come-along

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a hand-operated winch with a ratchet used to pull objects

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Cprophagy

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the act of ingesting feces; abnormally-sterotypic behavior, normally-done by hind-gut fermenters to get all of their nutrients

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Creep

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used during introductions, shift door is locked part way open to allow access for smaller animals

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Crush

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elephant restraint device that is a hydraulic squeeze as well as allowing for the capability of turning the animal on its side

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Cull

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Selective killing for population management (ex; elephants)

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Cushman

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refers to the golf-cart style 4-wheeled vehicles, usually used as personnel transport, but can carry some equipment

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DART

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Dangerous Animal Response Team

Made up of a gun team and anesthesia team. Responds to escaped animal calls. Made up of keepers, curators, vet staff and possibly security

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Dorsal

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back

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Drop

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when an ungulate gives birth, baby tends to “drop” to the ground

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Dysecdysis

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difficulty in shedding skin, seen in reptiles

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EEP

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European Endangered Species Plan

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Ecdysis

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the process of shedding skin in reptiles or molting in invertebrates

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Egg bound

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when an animal cannot pass eggs, most common in birds but can be seen reptiles

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Enrichment

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any item used to mentally stimulate captive animals

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ERD

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Elephant Restraint Device

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ESA

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Endangered Species Act, started 1973

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Euthanasia

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the humane killing of an animal due to medical or space requirements

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Fake lock

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positioning a lock to appear locked when it is not actually connected in a locked position–DANGEROUS

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Fecals

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refers to process of collecting fecal specimens to submit to the vet staff for analysis. Can be done on a schedule or randomly.

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Feed out

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refers to the act of feeding an item to an animal

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Free Contact

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Term used in elephant training when there is no physical barrier between the animal and the trainer

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Fuzzy

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baby feeder that has just started to grow fur

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Gator

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similar to a Cushman, it has a bed in the back for hauling things

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Giving access

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refers to opening shift doors between on display areas and holding areas letting the animal to move back and forth between them

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Guillotine

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door style where the door slides up and down that the keeper manually operates from the outside of the enclosure.

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Habitat

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animal enclosure with elements, real or fake, that replicate where the animal lives in the wild

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herper

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slang term for either a reptile keeper or a reptile hobbyist

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herps

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shortened from of herpetiles, refers to reptiles and amphibians collectively

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Holding

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space for animals behind the scenes, can be temporary while cleaning or their “night” area when not on display

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hoofer

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typically the slang term for a hoofstock keeper

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Hoofstock

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traditional term used for four-legged animals that have hooves instead of claws

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Hopper

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young feeder rodent that is just becoming mobile. Tendency to hop

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Hot animal

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an animal that contains venom. Some facilities use the term to refer to any dangerous animal

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Howdy

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introduction technique limiting physical access animals have to one another for safety

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Intro

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Introduction of animals

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IUCN

A

International Union for Conservation of Nature

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Knockdown

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anesthetic procedure

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Lock-out, tag-out, LOTO

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refers to double locking system that requires two independent keys, ensuring the safety of the keepers.

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MMPA

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Marine Mammal Protection Act, 1972, covers seals, sea lions, manatees, otters, polar bears and cetaceans

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MBD

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metabolic bone disease, prevalent in reptiles

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Meds

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medicaiton

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Mottephobia

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fear of moths

sometimes applied to butterflies as well, (which is actually Lepidopterophobia)

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Muck

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to clean, generally used in Hoofstock management

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necropsy

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animal postmortem to determine death

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Opaque

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term applied to snakes that are just about to shed

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Operant conditioning

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refers to the use of positive reinforcement in training done with animal, animal performs a desired task, it receives a reward

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Ophidiophobia

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fear of snakes, second most common fear

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Oviparous

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egg laying

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Ovoviviparous

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female retains eggs inside body until hatching, so appears to be live birth. AKA aplacental vivipary–seen in reptiles and fish

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Parturition

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birth

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Peep

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when a baby bird breaks into the air cell just prior to hatching

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Perch

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Exhibit element for an animal to climb or sit on

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Perimeter fencing

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fencing that surrounds the entire facility, cannot be one of the enclosure walls

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Pinhead

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newly hatched cricket for food

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Pinkie

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baby furless rodent used to feed carnivores

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Pip

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when a baby bird breaks through the shell during hatching

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PPEQ

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Permanent Post Entry Quarantine

especially used for hoofstock from Africa

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Preen

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Bird grooming behavior utilizing the preening gland that excretes oil

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protected contact

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Most common form of contact with zoo animals, originated from elephant training when there is a physical barrier between the animal and the trainer

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Quarantine

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used to separate ill or new animals from the rest of the collection to prevent transmission of disease

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R and R

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Regurgitation and re-ingestion. Stereotypic behavior seen in captive gorillas

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Secondary containment

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backup barriers in case an animal or guest breaches one layer of fencing

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Shift

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term used to indicate the movement of animal between enclosures

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Slider

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door that moves horizontally on a track, operated by the keeper from outside of the enclosure

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SPIDER

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Refers to creating enrichment plans or device.

Setting goals
Planning
Implementing
Documenting
Evaluating
Resetting
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Squeeze

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refers to either the act or the device that is used to immobilize an animal for a temporary, non-invasive medical procedure, such as vaccinations or x-rays. Animal remains awake during this time

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SSP

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Species Survival Plan, stated 1981

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Station

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Term used in training, referencing the postion of the anial in relation to the trainer

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Substrate

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ground covering in an exhibit (i.e. bark or sand)

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TAG

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Taxon Advisory Group,

AZA committee that oversees the management of an entire taxa of animals, specific for SSP breedign purposes

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Target

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training term, refers to a spot of item (often a stick with a colored ‘target’) that the animal is trained to touch with a body part. Useful for training for veterinary purposes.

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Torpor

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A state similar to hibernation, but less metabolically intense

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Ungulate

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hoofstock animals

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USDA

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United States Department of Agriculture

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Ventral

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belly or front of animal

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Viviparous

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live birth

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Wheelbarrow

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used for moving large amounts of substrate or feces to or from enclosures

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ZAA

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Zoological Association of America

accrediting body, only deals with animal care and education aspects of a facility, not the business management

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ZACC

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Zoos and Aquariums Concerned for Conservaiton

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ZIMS

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Zoological Information Management System

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Zoophobia

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fear of animals

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Zoonoses

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Disease transmissible between humans and animals AKA Zoonosis

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