2006 Conference Proceedings
Now Available on Fully Searchable CD-ROM

The following is a listing of what is included on this fully searchable CD-ROM. All papers, poster info and workshop summaries are included in downloadable pdf format for printing if desired. These are searchable by title and key words. If you are interested in ordering a copy of the 2006 Proceedings containing the materials presented at the AAZK National Conference held in Chicago, IL and hosted by the Lincoln Park AAZK Chapter, you will need to follow the order information below. Orders may be placed online using PayPal®; you may print out the order form and send it in with your check, money order, or credit card info; or you may call AAZK Administrative Offices to order by phone using a Mastercard or Visa. Limited copies are available, so place your order now.

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Papers included

• Breeding Common Wombats
• Pouches, Puggles, and Embryonic Diapause: Making Sense of Monotreme and Marsupial Births
• Historical Perspectives on the Captive Management of Tree Kangaroos (Dendrolagus Spp.)
• Overcoming Aggression: Using Observable Changes in External Female Genitalia to Increase Breeding Introduction Success in Three-Banded Armadillos (Tolypeutes Matacus)
• Frankie the Penguin's Fungal and Malaria Adventure
• Greater Flamingo with Capture Myopathy: Specialized Care and Husbandry
• What is the RKA?
• Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge: A Zoological Innovation
• Pregnancy & Parenting in the Zookeeping Profession: An Anecdotal Account from the St. Louis Zoo
• My First Year As a Zookeeper: Expectations Meet Reality
• The Evolution of Great Ape Exhibitry and Husbandry at Lincoln Park Zoo
• Breaking the Cycle: Hand-Rearing and Early Reintroduction As a Step Towards Appropriate Behavioral Development and Successful Family Bonding in Two Species of Callitrichids
• Daddy Daycare: Decision Making Using Siamang (Hylobates Syndactylus) Natural History
• Where's My Baby? A Patas Monkey Kidnapping Story
• Zoo Keeping – The Hardest Job I've Ever Loved
• "Kiboko"- The Integration of an All-Female Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus Amphibious) Pod
• Amali, the Masai Giraffe
• Using Operant Conditioning to Manage Eastern Giant Eland (Taurotragus Derbianus Gigas) at Houston Zoo
• Communication, Safety, and Teamwork in Hoofstock Capture and Manual Restraint
• What You Could Do With Your Kudu!
• Zookeepers and Earthwatch Partner in Grevy's Zebra Conservation
• AAZK Fundraising Efforts Support The Northern Rangelands Endangered Species Program for Grevy's Zebra in Kenya
• Studies on the Hearing and Acoustic Behavior of a Pacific White-Sided Dolphin at Shedd Aquarium Through Western Illinois University's Graduate Certificate in Zoo/Aquaria Studies Program
• The Evolution of One Zoo Plus One University Equals One Great Collaboration
• What Does Not Kill Them (Or Us)…..Is Called Enrichment!
• The Analysis of Olfactory Enrichment
• Beyond Bashing Tubs and Tires: Elephant Enrichment at Toronto Zoo
• The Road to Training is Paved with Good Impediments: Establishing and Implementing a Training Program
• Establishing a Training Program That Works for Your Department
• Using Desensitization and Positive Reinforcement Training to Ensure Giraffe Participation in Guest Hand-feeding on an 18-acre Mixed-species Savannah
• Target Training and Voluntary Blood Drawing of the Aldabra Tortoise
• Teaching Operant Conditioning Methods and Training Program Management in China
• Training 0.1 Reticulated Giraffe for Voluntary Transabdominal Sonograms Using Operant Conditioning and the Ttouch® Method
• Management of an Epileptic Grevy's Zebra via Blood Collection Training for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
• The Snow Leopard Trust and Utah's Hogle Zoo: Partners for Conservation
• 2006 AAZK's Bowling for Rhinos - Sponsored by Blue Rhino® "Habitat Heroes"
• AAZK in Indonesia... the New Horizon for Bowling for Rhinos
• Overview of Lewa from the View of a Tour Guide
• AAZK Survey of Animal Care Professionals Summary of Findings
• Conditioning Five Female Semi-free-ranging Black Bears for Non-invasive Urine Collection
• The Evolution of Protected Contact Tapir Training at Disney's Animal Kingdom
• Zookeeping In Paradise (Abstract Only)
• Overview Of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, and Black Rhino Status In Kenya (Abstract Only)

Poster Abstracts:

• Husbandry for a Elderly, Blind Kangaroo
• Movin' on Up: Meerkat "Condo" Training
• Breeding a Pair of Red-legged Honeycreepers (Cyanerpes cyaneus) at Lincoln Park Zoo
• Leaping Lizards: Training and Enrichment of a Caiman
• Elephants and Natural Flooring
• Gentoo Training – Introducing Twelve Penguins to Operant Conditioning
• Medical and Necropsy Survey Results (1993-2005) for Tree Kangaroos (Dendrolagus spp.) in North American Populations
• Identifying Motivational Factors Underlying Stereotypic Pacing in a Female Malayan Sun Bear
• Observations of Eastern Grey Kangaroo Births
• Injection Training North American River Otters
• The Ultimate Modular, Squeeze, and Shipping Crate
• Advances in Animal Keeping
• Hurricane Katrina: An Eye Opener
• Diving for Hippos
• Hoof Trimming Techniques for Domestic Ungulates
• Training a Female Babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa) to Accept an Ultrasound Without Restraint

Workshop Summaries:

• Understanding the Business Dynamics of AAZK
• Animal Training Foundations Workshop
• AAZK Enrichment Committee Discussion Session
• Education via Stealth: Creating Themed Animal Show Scripts
• Australasian Workshop
• Professional Development Workshop: Introduction to Studbooks and Population Management
• Professional Development Workshop: Observing Behavior:
  It isn't Rocket Science
• AAZK Enrichment Committee 2006 Device Workshop:
  "Shower Power; a self-initiated showering system"

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