Possibility of Veterinary Care and Study at the Zoo Spreaded by Husbandry training

Abstract

We adopt husbandry training for measurement of body weight and body temperature, and blood collection into many animal species as the rearing management at Omuta city zoo. Adopting husbandry training, it has enabled, by only behavioral restraint, the medical examination and examination of the primates and big cats without the mechanical and chemical restraints. Hematological and biochemical values were shared with an another zoo. So that we made good use of health control by stored data. Some animals were incorporated in sperm collection. Therefore, husbandry training has possibility to contribute to the breeding of zoo animals. If regular blood collection is possible by husbandry training, we are able to understand the blood kinetics of drags. So that, it may contribute to the development of the veterinary care of zoo animals. Taking in husbandry training, it could increase to get many knowledges. If we cooperate with research institutes based on these knowledges, the study and veterinary care of zoos will be developed.