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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • TRAINING THE UNTRAINABLE

THE SAGA CONTINUES

Housing gerenuk can be scary

• Long skinny neck

• Breakable legs

• Flighty

• Fragile

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DENVER ZOO • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

A LITTLE HISTORY

1999

• Acquired 2.0

• Died within the year

• Pneumonia

• After fracturing a leg

• Humanly euthanized

• Severe fracture

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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

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2007

• Acquired 2.0

• New strategy

• Separated the boys

• 1.0 Gaston

• Smaller yard

• 1.0 Woody

• Larger yard

• De-sense training

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Woody

• De-sense training to new objects

• Build confidence

• Moved on to structured training

• Scale trained

• Blood draw trained

• Complete body palpation

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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

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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

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2012

• 0.2 from Disney

• 2013

• First calf!

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • FFINALLY!!

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2012

• 0.2 from Disney

• 2013

• First calf!

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • FFINALLY!!

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August 2012

• Woody

• Layla

• Sushaunna (Sushi)

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • CRATE TRAINING

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• Hand raised

• Allowed for hand feeding

• Confident

• Easy distracted by females

• Training history

• Scale trained

• Blood draw trained

• Difficulty moving behaviors from

exhibit

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WOODY

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• Face swelling

• Consistent with an insect

bite

• Treated

• Resolved……or so we

thought

APRIL 2013

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• 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

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• 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

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2014

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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

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• Parent-reared

• Easily took treats

• Calm

• Training background

• Scale trained

• Not as open to yard training

• Bugged by Woody….a lot

LAYLA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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JANUARY 2013 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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JANUARY 2013 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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JANUARY 2013 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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• Lameness

– Loaded into crate

– Immobilized

• Pneumonia

– Crate every other day

– Started loading daily

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • APRIL 2013

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• Pneumonia finally cleared

• Avulsion of cervical musculature

• Physical therapy

• Outside therapist

• Once a week

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JULY 2013

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• Pneumonia finally cleared

• Avulsion of cervical musculature

• Physical therapy

• Outside therapist

• Once a week

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JULY 2013

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• Open mouth breathing

• Loaded into crate

• Jugular blood

collection

• SubQ fluids

• No signs of

pneumonia clinically

• Trimmed hooves

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AUGUST 2013

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• 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

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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

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Survived

• Avulsion of cervical

musculature

• Pneumonia

• Overgrown hooves

• Bloat due to plant toxicity

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LAYLA’S RELOOK

Procedures

• Ultrasound

•Pregnancy

•Rumen

• Jugular blood collection

• Stethoscope

•Heart

•Lungs

•Rumen

• SubQ fluids

• Injections

• Physical therapy

• Laser therapy

• Cold compress

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• 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”

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• Symptoms

• Open mouth breathing

• Manually restrained

• No pneumonia

• Irregular arrhythmia

• Began giving her breaks in shifting

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

MAY 2013

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• Loaded in crate

• Not able to get blood

• Continued arrhythmia

• Work on

• Echocardiogram

• Electrocardiogram (EKG)

• Jugular blood collection

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

SEPTEMBER 2013

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• Loaded in crate

• Not able to get blood

• Continued arrhythmia

• Work on

• Echocardiogram

• Electrocardiogram (EKG)

• Jugular blood collection

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

SEPTEMBER 2013

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• Loaded into crate

• EKG

• Listened to her heart

• Jugular blood collection

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

JUNE 2014

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• Loaded into crate

• EKG

• Listened to her heart

• Jugular blood collection

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

JUNE 2014

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• CSU Cardiologist

• EKG

• Echocardiogram

• Not clinically affected

• Changes in routine helped

• Normal for an older animal

AUGUST 2014 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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• CSU Cardiologist

• EKG

• Echocardiogram

• Not clinically affected

• Changes in routine helped

• Normal for an older animal

AUGUST 2014 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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• CSU Cardiologist

• EKG

• Echocardiogram

• Not clinically affected

• Changes in routine helped

• Normal for an older animal

AUGUST 2014 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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• Symptoms

• Losing weight

• Bloat

• Loaded in crate

• SubQ fluids

• Jugular blood collection

• Injections

• Ultrasound

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

SEPTEMBER 2014

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Survived • Heart arrhythmia

Procedures

• Jugular blood collection

• Injection

• PZP

• Ultrasound

• Heart

• Pregnancy

• Rumen

• EKG

• Stethoscope

• Heart

• Lungs

• Rumen

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

SUMMARIZE SUSHI

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• Parent reared

• Training

• Started de-sense at day 2

• Public Demonstrations

• Behind the scenes

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

BLOSSOM

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• Pre-ship exam

• Jugular blood collection

• Caudal tail fold TB test/read

• Palpation

• Everywhere

• Vaccinations

• Transponder read

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

MAY 2014

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• Pre-ship exam

• Jugular blood collection

• Caudal tail fold TB test/read

• Palpation

• Everywhere

• Vaccinations

• Transponder read

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

MAY 2014

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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

BLOSSOM IN HOUSTON!

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• Stitch

• Born November 2013

• Pre-ship exam

• Squirt

• Arrived June 2014

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WHAT’S NEXT

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DON’T BE AFRAID!

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SPECIAL THANKS TO…..

• Denver Zoo

• Vet staff

• Andrew Haertzen

• Barn 23 Team