American Association of Zoo Keepers

Look what we found in the attic, lost AKF's dedicated to Bat Husbandry.  They are limited in number so get yours now before they fly away.

See listing of papers included in this December 2001 issue of the Animal Keepers' Forum below.

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About the Cover/Information for Contributors

Introduction - Real Mammals Fly!

AAZK Announces  New Members

AZA Bat TAG Small Grants Program

Coming  Events

Use of Chiroptera in Multi-Species Exhibits

Guidelin es for Using Live Bats in Educational Programs: Recommendations  by the AZA Bat Taxon Advisory Group

Adoption of a Lesser Short-nosed  Fruit Bat in Captivity

Husbandry of Rodrigues Fruit Bats: A New Exhibit to Marwell Zoological  Park

First Announcement:  Sy mposi um on the Medical Management and Captive Care of Chiroptera

Book Reviews (Bat Conservation a nd Walkers Bats of the World)

Hlammocks as a Management Tool for Bats

Colonial  Roosting Requirements of Captive Microbats

Instructions  for Making  Roosting Pouches

Toronto Conference "Keeper  Video" Avai lable

Enrichment Options: Wheel of Fortune for Bats

Rouse/Ius aegypticus- An Overview: Exhibition, Infant Mortality and Colony Management

Conservation  Takes Flight : Sharing the importance of bat conservation  wit h our guests at Disney's Animal Kingdom

2001 AAZK Conference  Proceedings Information and Order Form 

Browse Consumption  and Preference in the Rodrigues  Fruit Bat

Rodrigues Fruit Bat Conservation in Action 

Endangered Philippine Fruit Bat Captive Breeding Project

Rodrigues Fruit Bat Poster/Crinkles Bat Toy

Is It Time for Commercial  Bat Enrichment?

Observation of Cooperative Pup-rearing in Straw-colored  Fruit Bats

Opportunity  Knocks

See Table of Contents for listing of papers included in this July/August 2011 issue of the Animal Keepers' Forum.

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See Table of Contents for listing of papers included in this December 2010 issue of the Animal Keepers' Forum.

Get a combo pack of all 6 dedicated issues of the Animal Keepers' Forum plus the Crisis Management CD. You'll get issues on: Climate Change, Care and Management of Geriatric Animals, Ungulate Husbandry, Polar Bears, Cheetahs, and Avian Husbandry as well as the Crisis Management CD. That's a savings of 40% over buying them individually. These are great issues so purchase your combo pack today. Orders from Canada and overseas require $10 in shipping which has already been figured into the price. Just select "international" shipping.

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See Table of Contents for a full listing of the articles included in this April/May 2010 issue of the Animal Keepers' Forum.

This CD contains all of the manuscripts found in the original (1999) book Resources for Crisis Management in Zoos and Other Animal Care Facilities as well as the manuscripts from the special issue of Animal Keepers’ Forum dedicated to crisis management that was published in November/December 2007 by AAZK, Inc. It is fully searchable by topic, title or author.

It is AAZK’s hope that this resource information may assist zoos, aquariums and other animal care facilities in making and/or revising their crisis management protocols for their facilities.

CD-ROM Version

Aproduct of the American Association of Zookeepers, Inc

Searchable PDF Format
Hyper-linked Zoonotic Disease List
Updated Guidelines for Animal Care Personnel
Updated Hygiene and Disinfection Section
82 pages of Information

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CD-ROM Version

A product of the American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc.

The 1,396 page Biological Information on Selected Mammal Species CD covers a wide range from general, breeding, and young- rearing behavior to diet and physical descriptions of 590 species. The volume is in a PDF format allowing searches by Species (Common or Latin name); or Key words using the Find function; or by Species (Common or Latin name), Family; or Order using the Bookmarks. Table of Contents are given for Orders, Families, Species by Common Name, Species by Scientific Name, and Species by Order and Family. The Appendices cover a variety of information from behavioral patterns common to families (Bovid displays) to taxonomy (Primates). References are listed by Order and Family.

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See Table of Contents for listing of papers included in this July/August 2005 issue of the Animal Keepers' Forum

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See Table of Contents for listing of papers included in this August 2007 issue of the Animal Keepers' Forum

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See Table of Contents for listing of papers included in this April/May2009 issue of the Animal Keepers' Forum