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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • TRAINING THE UNTRAINABLE
THE SAGA CONTINUES
Housing gerenuk can be scary
• Long skinny neck
• Breakable legs
• Flighty
• Fragile
DENVER ZOO • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
A LITTLE HISTORY
1999
• Acquired 2.0
• Died within the year
• Pneumonia
• After fracturing a leg
• Humanly euthanized
• Severe fracture
2000
• Acquired 2.0
• Modifications
• Smaller yard
• Quieter/less traveled part of the zoo
• Plenty of visual barrier on either side
• No obstacles
• Lived Longer
• Still died young preventable deaths
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
2007
• Acquired 2.0
• New strategy
• Separated the boys
• 1.0 Gaston
• Smaller yard
• 1.0 Woody
• Larger yard
• De-sense training
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Woody
• De-sense training to new objects
• Build confidence
• Moved on to structured training
• Scale trained
• Blood draw trained
• Complete body palpation
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Woody
• De-sense training to new objects
• Build confidence
• Moved on to structured training
• Scale trained
• Blood draw trained
• Complete body palpation
• Behind the scenes tours
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Woody
• De-sense training to new objects
• Build confidence
• Moved on to structured training
• Scale trained
• Blood draw trained
• Complete body palpation
• Behind the scenes tours
• Public Demonstrations
2012
• 0.2 from Disney
• 2013
• First calf!
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • FFINALLY!!
2012
• 0.2 from Disney
• 2013
• First calf!
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • FFINALLY!!
August 2012
• Woody
• Layla
• Sushaunna (Sushi)
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • CRATE TRAINING
• Hand raised
• Allowed for hand feeding
• Confident
• Easy distracted by females
• Training history
• Scale trained
• Blood draw trained
• Difficulty moving behaviors from
exhibit
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
WOODY
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• Face swelling
• Consistent with an insect
bite
• Treated
• Resolved……or so we
thought
APRIL 2013
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• Treatment ended
• Weighed-lost 5lbs in 7 days
• Unsteady on hind end
• No interest in food
• Loaded in crate
• Allowed for blood collection on his lower back leg
• Brought in a second time that same day
• Given SubQ fluids
• Listened to lungs
• Attempted Ultrasound of kidneys
• Suspected acute renal failure
• Possibly due to Banamine treatment
• Continued to load into the crate for 9 days
• Found lung noises
• Fell in yard
• Loaded into crate
• Treated
• Small scrapes
• Examined non-weight bearing leg
• Given an ultrasound
• Trauma to tendon
• Physical therapy
• Cross friction massage
• Laser therapy
• 15-20 minutes
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2014
Survived
• Acute renal failure
• Lung noises
• Tendon injury
Procedures
• Ultrasound
• Leg
• Jugular blood collection
• Stethoscope
• Heart
• Lungs
• Rumen
• SubQ fluids
• Injections
• Physical therapy
• Laser therapy
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • WOODY WRAP-UP
• Parent-reared
• Easily took treats
• Calm
• Training background
• Scale trained
• Not as open to yard training
• Bugged by Woody….a lot
LAYLA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• Lameness
– Loaded into crate
– Immobilized
• Pneumonia
– Crate every other day
– Started loading daily
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • APRIL 2013
• Pneumonia finally cleared
• Avulsion of cervical musculature
• Physical therapy
• Outside therapist
• Once a week
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
JULY 2013
• Pneumonia finally cleared
• Avulsion of cervical musculature
• Physical therapy
• Outside therapist
• Once a week
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
JULY 2013
• Open mouth breathing
• Loaded into crate
• Jugular blood
collection
• SubQ fluids
• No signs of
pneumonia clinically
• Trimmed hooves
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AUGUST 2013
• Symptoms
• Stretching
• Eyes closed
• Heavy breathing
• Drinking lots of water
• Exam in crate (9AM)
• Decrease lung sounds
• No fetus on ultrasound
• Exam in crate (11AM)
• Exam in crate (3PM)
• Possible diagnosis
• Pneumonia
• Colic
• Aborting
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MAY 2014
• Immobilized-in crate
• Lethargic
• Couldn’t stand up
• Exam in crate (5PM)
• Low calcium
• Incompatible with life
• Manual Restraint (7PM)
• Abdominal tap
• Next day
• Exam in crate(AM)
• Jugular blood collection
• SubQ fluids
• 4 injections
• Exam in crate (PM)
• SubQ fluids
• Plant toxicity
Survived
• Avulsion of cervical
musculature
• Pneumonia
• Overgrown hooves
• Bloat due to plant toxicity
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
LAYLA’S RELOOK
Procedures
• Ultrasound
•Pregnancy
•Rumen
• Jugular blood collection
• Stethoscope
•Heart
•Lungs
•Rumen
• SubQ fluids
• Injections
• Physical therapy
• Laser therapy
• Cold compress
• Parent reared
• Older female
• Calm
• No real interest in people or treats
• Training
• Started in Aug 2012
• Very slow
• Distract Layla
• Crate train-no trainer
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SUSHAUNNA “SUSHI”
• Symptoms
• Open mouth breathing
• Manually restrained
• No pneumonia
• Irregular arrhythmia
• Began giving her breaks in shifting
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
MAY 2013
• Loaded in crate
• Not able to get blood
• Continued arrhythmia
• Work on
• Echocardiogram
• Electrocardiogram (EKG)
• Jugular blood collection
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SEPTEMBER 2013
• Loaded in crate
• Not able to get blood
• Continued arrhythmia
• Work on
• Echocardiogram
• Electrocardiogram (EKG)
• Jugular blood collection
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SEPTEMBER 2013
• Loaded into crate
• EKG
• Listened to her heart
• Jugular blood collection
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
JUNE 2014
• Loaded into crate
• EKG
• Listened to her heart
• Jugular blood collection
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
JUNE 2014
• CSU Cardiologist
• EKG
• Echocardiogram
• Not clinically affected
• Changes in routine helped
• Normal for an older animal
AUGUST 2014 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• CSU Cardiologist
• EKG
• Echocardiogram
• Not clinically affected
• Changes in routine helped
• Normal for an older animal
AUGUST 2014 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• CSU Cardiologist
• EKG
• Echocardiogram
• Not clinically affected
• Changes in routine helped
• Normal for an older animal
AUGUST 2014 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• Symptoms
• Losing weight
• Bloat
• Loaded in crate
• SubQ fluids
• Jugular blood collection
• Injections
• Ultrasound
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
SEPTEMBER 2014
Survived • Heart arrhythmia
Procedures
• Jugular blood collection
• Injection
• PZP
• Ultrasound
• Heart
• Pregnancy
• Rumen
• EKG
• Stethoscope
• Heart
• Lungs
• Rumen
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
SUMMARIZE SUSHI
• Parent reared
• Training
• Started de-sense at day 2
• Public Demonstrations
• Behind the scenes
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BLOSSOM
• Pre-ship exam
• Jugular blood collection
• Caudal tail fold TB test/read
• Palpation
• Everywhere
• Vaccinations
• Transponder read
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
MAY 2014
• Pre-ship exam
• Jugular blood collection
• Caudal tail fold TB test/read
• Palpation
• Everywhere
• Vaccinations
• Transponder read
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
MAY 2014
• Stitch
• Born November 2013
• Pre-ship exam
• Squirt
• Arrived June 2014
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