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In late February 2016 the ZAHP Fusion center held two successful meetings in Omaha Nebraska: An FMD workshop, Management of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Captive Susceptible Species: Emergency Guidelines for the Captive Wildlife Community ; and the Zoo Ready meeting for […]
Read MoreIn October 2015 USDA APHIS partnered with the ZAHP Fusion Center to hold an internet based tabletop exercise designed to test the updated Concept of Operations Plan for responding to HPAI at a zoological facility. The exercise brought representatives from […]
Read MoreThank you to everyone that was able to participate in the July 29th ZAHP Chat on HPAI. As promised the digest of that call is included below for anyone that was unable to listen in live or would like to review […]
Read MoreIn July 2015, The Zoo Ready planning team took a departure from disease preparedness and response to address a severe weather event. Tornadoes are a real possibility for many zoos and aquariums in the US. The realistic scenario challenged our […]
Read MoreIn June 2015 representatives from the ZAHP Fusion Center attended the National Animal Rescue and Sheltering Coalition’s quarterly meeting to participate in discussions about animal safety and give an introduction to preparedness in the managed wildlife community.
Read MoreLeaders of the various Secure Zoo working groups came together with project leads and representatives from the USDA to discuss next steps of the Secure Zoo project.
Read MoreThe first “Flu at the Zoo” initiative was a unique opportunity to assess preparedness for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in AZA institutions in the Midwest. Flu at the Zoo was held in June 2012, and led by the University […]
Read MoreIn March 2015 managed wildlife stakeholders from the Mid-Atlantic region came together to participate in a Communication workshop. This workshop is the second in a series that are being held in different USDA Veterinary Services Response Districts. These workshops are […]
Read MoreIn conjunction with AZA mid-year the ZAHP Fusion Center worked with the AZA Safety Committee to present an overview of the nationally accepted Incident Command System (ICS), and a panel discussion of its use in zoological facilities. Participants were then […]
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