And it’s a problem holding all of the excess males. The other side of the coin, we run into an ethical thing and some zoos have gotten into difficulties with it by recognize it as a management tool. And that is if you have too many male babies born and… Read More
Have they done more with the Gour?… Read More
Reproductive physiology is one of the places where zoos have made major changes and learned a lot more. There are assisted reproductive techniques that we are using, as you’ve mentioned, artificial insemination, embryo transfer that we’re utilizing fairly regularly. The only Sumatran rhinos ever born in North America are due… Read More
So that’s one example. The first Gour, which is one of the world’s largest cattle, that was born with embryo transfer was worked done at the Bronx Zoo. And they took embryos from goer and put them into a Holstein cow and produced a goer that way. So all of… Read More
If you could comment on any of these AI, ET, siemens sexing or how important these may be?… Read More
And we’ve now starting to see that we’re getting resistance to the use of a lot of these antibiotics. So some of the organisms are coming resistant to ’em. So we have to always be changing, but we seem to be always able to come up with a new treatment,… Read More
Do you see a realistic role in assisted reproductive techniques in maintaining the endangered species?… Read More
I think the prevalence of trying to prevent disease as opposed to treating it after it’s obviously present have been very important to us. And it’s been a continuum that’s been growing, we would much rather spend time on doing lab work on blood or on feces to find out… Read More
Were there some that stand out to you as really important changes, maybe it’s in diagnosis or treatment or some aspect, what changes in that vein have you seen. Read More
Changes in veterinary medicine have been both in diagnosis and treatment and preventive medicine?… Read More
I would like to see zoos, I think become more regionally-oriented with specialties. In other words, zoos that can do good with certain groups of animals or types of animals or species would concentrate on working with those species and not try and have-all do-all type zoo. And that might… Read More
How would you describe zoos now?… Read More
In the future, what would you like to see them become?… Read More
And I think that has sort of slipped over into thinking that, well, we don’t need to keep animals in captivity, or we don’t need to control animals. Read More
Well, probably the biggest, the tallest ladder we all have to climb is the funding ladder. And the fact that that zoos are very labor intensive. They’re a 24 hour a day, seven day a week, 365 day a year business. And you don’t have income coming in more than,… Read More
But until someone has traveled in these countries where the “animals are free” and see what miserable conditions they live in and how their life is in danger all the time from either poachers or habitat encroachment, disease, drought, volcanoes, flooding, these are all things that animals in the wild… Read More
And if you can identify it in your opinion, what can be done to correct the problem?… Read More
And other people are, have a broad enough interest in learning other skill sets that they should pursue them and go on and become directors. Read More
What would you say is the largest professional problem facing US zoos today?… Read More
I think it has more to do with the long term aspiration of the individual veterinarian as to whether or not he wants to be bothered with all the other skill sets that he needs to develop to be a good director. He’s gotta have an interest in finances. He’s… Read More