Zoo Animal Production Management

Learn about zoo management, including zoo policy, objectives, animal care, housing, health care, breeding programs, research, education, and wildlife conservation.

Learn about animal collection planning in zoos, including collection principles, zoo categories, species selection, rescue centers, and recommended animal numbers.

Learn about ideal restraint and immobilization drugs for wild animals, including anesthetics, opioids, sedatives, tranquilizers, and neuromuscular blockers.

Learn about chemical restraint of wild animals, including its purposes, advantages, disadvantages, drug delivery methods, syringes, jab-sticks, darts, blow-guns, and projectors.

Learn about wild animal restraint and physical restraint methods, including catch poles, ropes, gloves, nets, traps, squeeze cages, blankets, and snake hooks.

Learn about feeds and feeding schedules of captive and wild animals, including feeding strategies, nutritional requirements, free-range diets, and zoo feeding charts.

Learn about housing management of captive animals in zoos, including nature-immersive enclosures, enclosure barriers, safety safeguards, and minimum space requirements.

Learn essential veterinary considerations for wildlife transportation and translocation, including health screening, capture, immobilization, transport, quarantine, and animal welfare.

Learn species-specific considerations for wildlife transportation, including safe handling, crate requirements, group size, and transport precautions for deer, carnivores, primates, birds, and reptiles.

Learn the essential requirements for animal crates and transport cages, including size, ventilation, bedding, handling, disinfection, and safety considerations.

Wild animal transportation protocols covering animal selection, identification and marking, weather considerations, transport conditions, and record-keeping for safe and humane movement.

Explore essential wildlife terms and definitions covering wildlife management, conservation, ecology, habitat, population dynamics, and related concepts for veterinary and wildlife science students.