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Research at the National Zoo

Research programmes

1.

Ex situ In situ Conservation Interface
Translocation & relocation
- Drug testing
- Ethology
- Physiology
  Monitoring
- Telemetry
- Observations
- Environmental
- Field projects
- Emerging disease
- Animal Identification
  Re-introduction
Impact assessment
- Habitat selection
- Disease risks
- Measure success
- IUCN guidelines


2.

Sustainable Population Management (Conservation Biology)
Genetic integrity of populations
- Inbreeding
- characterization
- hybridization
- population structure
  Threatened species
- ART
- Pedigrees / Stud books
  Animal health
- Pathology
- Vet medicine [opportunistic infectious diseases parasitology microbiology Nutrition]
  Animal welfare / ethics
- Enrichment
- Behaviour biology
- Animal Conditioning
- Veterinary


3.

Research Conservation Education & Training
 
Value of zoos through research activities
Effectiveness of zoo-based research
Different public perceptions / views on animals
  Training programmes
- Small population management
NZG Academy
- SPIDER (action research)
- Undergraduate
- Int. Student Experiential Training
- National Student Experiential Training

 
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