LARGE CANID

(Canidae)
CARE MANUAL

CREATED BY THE
AZA Canid Taxon Advisory Group
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
AZA Animal Welfare Committee
Large Canid (Canidae) Care Manual

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Authors and Significant contributors:

Reviewers:

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 Chapter 5. Nutrition
5.1 Nutritional Requirements
AZA Accreditation Standard
(2.6.2)

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 Growth and Adult
Units Reproduction Maintenance
Nutrient DM Basis Minimum Minimum Maximum

not

Growth and Adult

Units
Reproduction Maintenance Maximum
DM Basis
Minimum Minimum

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 Growth and Adult
Units
Reproduction Maintenance Maximum
DM Basis
Minimum Minimum

African wild dog:

Maned wolf:

Solanum lycocarpum

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Dholes:

Age-related nutritional requirements:

Neonates (birth to weaning):

Juvenile to adult:

Reproductive adult:

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Senescent adult:

Seasonal changes in nutritional needs:

5.2 Diets
AZA Accreditation Standard
(2.6.3)

Sample diets:

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 Solanum
lycocarpum

Food and water presentation:

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Food variability:

Carcass feeding

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Promoting hunting and foraging:

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 AZA Accreditation Standard
(2.6.1)

5.3 Nutritional Evaluations

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 Stool grading Description

Health status:

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7.5 Assisted Rearing
ex situ

7. 6 Contraception

Ovariohysterectomy:

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 References
Canis rufus

Chrysocyon brachyurus
Chrysocyon
brachyurus

Canis latrans

Chrysocyon brachyurus

Chrysocyon brachyurus

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 Chrysocyon brachyurus

Cuon alpinus

Lycaon pictus

Lycaon pictus
Lycaon pictus

Canis latrans

Canis rufus

Lycaon pictus

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 Canis lupus baileyi
Canis rufus gregori

Lycaon pictus

Canis latrans

Chrysocyon
brachyurus
Chrysocyon
brachyurus

Acinonyx jubatus

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 Chrysocyon brachyurus

Lycaon pictus

Canis rufus

Lycaon pictus

Chrysocyon brachyurus

Lycaon pictus

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 .

Lycaon pictus

Lycaon pictus

Chrysocyon brachyurus

Canis rufus

Canis lupus C.l. baileyi

Personal communications:

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 Appendix I: Diet Analyses
African wild dog diet analysis

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Maned wolf diet analysis

Chrysocyon brachyurus

1 2 2 2
NUTRIENT NRC-DOG Zoo1 Zoo2 Zoo3

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 Appendix L: Maned wolf pup development and hand-rear protocol
(Maned Wolf SSP, 2007)
Growth and Development

Hand-Rearing

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Current Hand-Rearing Policy

Hand-Rearing Protocol

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References

Chrysocyon brachyurus

Chrysocyon brachyurus

Chrysocyon brachyurus
Chrysocyon brachyurus

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 Chrysocyon brachyurus

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 Appendix M: Mexican wolf hand-rearing guidelines ( Mexican Wolf
SSP, 2009)

AGE

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