husbandry Archives - Species360

Got eggs? Use ZIMS to track their origin, clutch mates, and more, with Calgary Zoo Registrar Deanna Snell

September 16 Webinar: Deanna Snell, Registrar at the Calgary Zoo, will join us for this month's Species360 Tips and Tricks webinar, “Managing Eggs in ZIMS." Register here to join us! Calgary Zoo is a key participant in international conservation efforts…

ZSL London Zoo shares annual weigh-in via ZIMS

August 30, 2020
Mary Ellen Amodeo
Blog, Care and Welfare, husbandry, Members, ZIMS
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“By sharing information with other zoos and conservationists worldwide, we can all use this knowledge to better care for the species we’re striving to protect," said ZSL’s assistant curator of mammals, Teague Stubbington, in this ZSL feature, "A weighty matter."

New in ZIMS: A faster way to edit and approve Provisional Data for your animal care and aquatics teams

Tennessee Aquarium Herpetologist Mackenzie Strickland cares for turtles in the nursery and other enclosures - and was among the first to begin entering information about the collections directly into ZIMS. Earlier this year, Tennessee Aquarium Registrar Christina Newman orchestrated a…

Saint Louis Zoo: Advanced Access Management (AAM) continues to deliver on its original investment

For Saint Louis Zoo and other institutions, having animal keepers be frontline record keepers for husbandry information requires the addition of a new level of oversight. ZIMS Advanced Access Management (AAM) supports 120 keepers doing direct entry in in the husbandry module on a daily basis.

ZIMS for Husbandry Roadmap: What’s already here, what lies ahead

May 7, 2020
Nannette Driver-Ruiz
Aquatics, Blog, Care and Welfare, husbandry, Product Roadmap, ZIMS
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Every month, Species360 rolls out new features and enhancements to ZIMS for Husbandry and Aquatics, ZIMS for Medical, and ZIMS for Studbooks. Here is look at this year's releases, and what is ahead for ZIMS for Husbandry.

Ask Adrienne: How many animals? How many species? Know how your institution impacts species knowledge.

April 20, 2020
Mary Ellen Amodeo
ask adrienne, Blog, husbandry, Training, ZIMS
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As part of the global Species360 community, your teams contribute vital information on the animals in their care. That information is used by IUCN, CITES, and other conservation leaders, zoos, and aquariums worldwide to help improve the welfare of animals, advance medical treatments, and shape policies impacting species survival.

Ask Adrienne: ZIMS provisional data entry improves accuracy, consistency

April 6, 2020
Mary Ellen Amodeo
COVID-19, husbandry, Support, Training, ZIMS
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As zoo and aquarium staff around the world adjust to working in shifts and taking some administrative work off-site, our members are asking for help with "Provisional" data entry. This setting allows a team member to enter animal husbandry or…

Ask Adrienne: Less clickety clicks, enrichment dropdown menus, and lists that last!

Sometimes, seemingly small changes can make a big difference. New enhancements to ZIMS -- such as dropdown menus that make it easier to record enrichment items for an animal -- are designed to save time for the animal care and record keeping teams at our more than 1,200 Species360 member institutions.