zoo Archives - Species360

New in ZIMS for Husbandry! Target Weight Range for animals at each phase of life

Join us for a Mini Demo and Q/A on Target Weight Range - Wednesday April 21, 9-11 AM Central Time In fall 2020, ZSL London Zoo celebrated the arrival of five baby bushmaster snakes, watching them safely hatch over the…

New in ZIMS for Medical: Upload test lab results directly to the animal’s record, saving manual data entry

January 4, 2021
Rachel Thompson
Aquatics, AZA, Care and Welfare, EAZA, husbandry, Medical, Members, WAZA, ZIMS
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Zoo, aquarium, wildlife veterinarians use the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS) to record and share information regarding animals in their care. Now, when these veterinary teams send blood samples to IDEXX, they can view and upload the report directly in ZIMS for Medical. Called ZIMS Test Result Upload, the new feature reduces manual data entry for veterinary staff and improves the accuracy and volume of data used to calculate ZIMS Expected Test Results used by veterinarians to diagnose illness.

ZIMS in French finds new audience: Institutional members use translation to record and reference essential animal data

December 26, 2020
Mary Ellen Amodeo
Blog, ZIMS
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Seals in Baie de Somme, a large estuary in the Picardie région of France. Updated 29-December-2020: Launched early 2020, ZIMS in French has enabled new French-speaking institutions to join Species360 and allowed existing members to simply choose to work in…

Community: Learn about Species360 members

Read updates about the Species360 member community - many of them welcoming new members, and others featuring care and welfare and conservation programs at leading aquariums, zoos, and wildlife refuges. For updates on features and functionality of ZIMS for Husbandry,…

EAZA creates Records Working Group led by ZSL Zoological Registrar Hannah Jenkins

September 3, 2020
Mary Ellen Amodeo
EAZA
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Zoological Registrar Hannah Jenkins and her father on "Bring your parents to work day" at ZSL London Zoo. EAZA has created a new Records Working Group to support EAZA members with record keeping and to share knowledge and best practices…

Ask Adrienne: Nutritionist monitors aggressive behavior and weight loss

August 19, 2020
Adrienne Miller
ask adrienne, Care and Welfare, husbandry, Most Read, Training, ZIMS
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Question from a Wildlife Nutritionist: We have three female red pandas housed together. Recently two of them have lost weight. I have increased the caloric intake for the two and the vets have given them a clean bill of health. When I talked with their keepers it was mentioned that the older panda had recently experienced an increase in aggression towards the other two.

New in ZIMS for Medical: Sample Storage helps manage biological samples now and into the future

May 20, 2020
Mary Ellen Amodeo
Blog, Medical, Most Read, Press-release, ZIMS
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“Millions of unique samples are at the core of our ability to care for and save individual animals and species, now and far into the future. ZIMS vastly improves how the zoo, aquarium, and wildlife communities manage sample resources worldwide," said Paul Calle, Chief Veterinarian and Vice President for Health Programs, Wildlife Conservation Society.

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

May 7, 2020
Nannette Driver-Ruiz
Aquatics, Blog, Care and Welfare, husbandry, Most Read, 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: 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…

Member Spotlight: São Paulo Zoo promotes biodiversity – a conversation with registrar Mara Cristina Miguel

São Paulo Zoo technical biologist and registrar Mara Cristina Marques talks with Species360 about the role of data quality and best practices in animal welfare and conservation programs.