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Title Animal care and management at the National Zoo : interim report / Committee on a Review of the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies
Published Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2004]

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xiv, 114 pages)) : illustrations
Contents ""FRONT MATTER""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND""; ""2 ANIMAL CARE AND MANAGEMENT""; ""3 RECORD KEEPING""; ""4 PEST MANAGEMENT""; ""5 MISSION AND STRATEGIC PLANNING""; ""REFERENCES""; ""NATIONAL ZOO DOCUMENTS""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""A � National Zoological Park General Memoranda""; ""B � Clinical Notes Summary Report MedARKS Medical Record for Grevy�s Zebra “Buumba�""; ""C � Clinical Notes Summary Report MedARKS Medical Record for Grevy�s Zebra “Buumba�""
""D � Medical Record Report MedARKS Medical Record for Grevy�s Zebra “Buumba�""""E � Zoo Registrar � Job Description""; ""F � Public Meeting Agendas""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS""; ""BOARD ON AGRICULTURE AND""; ""INSTITUTE FOR LABORATORY ANIMAL RESEARCH""
Summary This interim report assesses issues related to animal management, husbandry, health, and care at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park. The report finds that there are shortcomings in care and management that are threatening the well-being of the animal collection and identifies the "most pressing" issues that should be addressed
Notes Title from PDF title page
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Version viewed October 10, 2014
Subject National Zoological Park (U.S.)
SUBJECT National Zoological Park (U.S.)
National Zoological Park (U.S.) fast
Subject Zoo animals -- Handling -- Washington (D.C.)
Zoo animals.
Animals, Zoo
Animal Husbandry -- organization & administration
Animal Welfare
Veterinary Medicine -- methods
NATURE -- Animals -- General.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
Zoo animals
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject Washington (D.C.)
Form Electronic book
Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Review of the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park, author.
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, sponsoring body.
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (U.S.), sponsoring body
ISBN 9780309531160
0309531160