Record Keeping
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Records Keeping
Contents
Page 3 - introduction to Record Keeping
Page 5 - Record Vocabularies for Zoo’s
Page 6 - Medical Records and Requirements for Horses
Page 8 - Table of Records kept
Page 12 - Appendix
Introduction
Why Keep Records?
Animal Records have been in place in Zoo’s for years it is important to keep a Record of all Arrivals, Departures, Births and deaths. By keeping these There is always some form of “time line” available for each individual animal and if that animal happened to die there should be Written Record of how the death occurred to avoid in future.
Good Records Maintain Accurate information and should include all animals within a collection. Live animals in the collection is what attracts visitors, management of this resource requires information, All animals should have solid records dated back so any information needed is able to be found, animals without records can become increasingly be worth less. If a collection or even a pet shop is selling an animal with no records of basic things such as health, age, weight can result in the animal either not being sold or being seen as worth much less than it actually is.
Animals have time Value [seaza.org, 2004] similar to a financial investments, each animal a zoo has that is not documented can reduce the value of a collection at a later date. If an one animal is not documented its offspring may be worth less as there will be no records of a known pedigree, this could mainly affect Dog Breeders.
Good veterinary records can reduce losses of animals from disease; it makes it possible to track disease. Such as if a dog becomes ill with the parvovirus virus and a new owner has little knowledge of the disease they can check medical records to justify how far along the problem is and what steps to take to get the animal back to good health. It’s a good thing to keep records on other animals with the same problem as a solution that worked on one
Records Keeping
Contents
Page 3 - introduction to Record Keeping
Page 5 - Record Vocabularies for Zoo’s
Page 6 - Medical Records and Requirements for Horses
Page 8 - Table of Records kept
Page 12 - Appendix
Introduction
Why Keep Records?
Animal Records have been in place in Zoo’s for years it is important to keep a Record of all Arrivals, Departures, Births and deaths. By keeping these There is always some form of “time line” available for each individual animal and if that animal happened to die there should be Written Record of how the death occurred to avoid in future.
Good Records Maintain Accurate information and should include all animals within a collection. Live animals in the collection is what attracts visitors, management of this resource requires information, All animals should have solid records dated back so any information needed is able to be found, animals without records can become increasingly be worth less. If a collection or even a pet shop is selling an animal with no records of basic things such as health, age, weight can result in the animal either not being sold or being seen as worth much less than it actually is.
Animals have time Value [seaza.org, 2004] similar to a financial investments, each animal a zoo has that is not documented can reduce the value of a collection at a later date. If an one animal is not documented its offspring may be worth less as there will be no records of a known pedigree, this could mainly affect Dog Breeders.
Good veterinary records can reduce losses of animals from disease; it makes it possible to track disease. Such as if a dog becomes ill with the parvovirus virus and a new owner has little knowledge of the disease they can check medical records to justify how far along the problem is and what steps to take to get the animal back to good health. It’s a good thing to keep records on other animals with the same problem as a solution that worked on one
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