Supporting Article for Newsletter Vol 4 - Issue 4

Wild in the UAE (7 Days 30 Mar 2010)
Show us the proof (7 Days 23 Mar 2010)
Proceedings of “First Middle Eastern Biodiversity Congress” published (web version)
Artificial wetland biodiversity in desert countries (web version)
Request for Photographs of the Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis) in the Middle East (web version)
Preventative medicine programmes for hoofstock in the Middle East (web version)

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Running on empty - Syria's worst drought in decades... (7 Days 28-07-09)
New hope for survival of Arabian oryx - (The National 06-09-09)
Hanging out with bat man - (The National 03-10-09)
They’re crazy for the foxes - (The National 10-10-09)
Cute, but no cuddly kitty - (The National 17-10-09)
Fatal Pollution - (Large File 2.8 Mb)

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Supporting Article for Newsletter Vol 3 - Issue 4

Cameron's Camel Campaign

Cameron's Award (The National 23/12/08)

Cameron's Campaign (Gulf News 26/03/08)

Cameron's Flyer

Wadi Wurayah Protected - The National

UNESCO newsletter - Vol 2 Issue 1

PAAZAB Endorsement of Panthera leo leo UPA

Feeding Starch to Browsing Ruminants - web version

First Tagging of an Indus River Dolphin - web version

Zoology in the Middle East - Vol 46 (TOC)

Diseases and Medical Management of Houbara Bustards and Other Otididae (TOC)

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Supporting Article for Newsletter Vol 3 - Issue 3

Public health risk as diet and lack of sun take toll - (The National 18/05/08)

Lack of sunlight makes babies ill - (The National 07/06/08) 

Children get it spot on to save leopards - (Gulf News 14/11/08)

Captive breeding proposed for Palmyra's Northern Bald Ibis - BirdLife News Alert - 17 Sep 2008

News on the Barn Owl Nestbox programme in Israel - Barn Owl Trust

Invasion of Indian crows sparks alert - (The West Australian 08/11/08)

UNESCO newsletter - Vol 1 Issue 1

Determining animal numbers is an intricate task - web version

The importance of lighting for captive breeding projects - web version

The house crow in the Middle East - web version

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Supporting Article for Newsletter Vol 3 - Issue 2

Conservation of Coral Reefs in the Persian Gulf WWF Final Report -

Marine conservation initatives by the EWS-WWF (web version)

Mortality at a hawksbill turtle rearing centre (web version)

Ras Sharma protected area remains unprotected (web version)

A short report on green sea turtle microbiology - Christadus Silvanose

Normal blood chemistry of free-living green sea turtles - R. Hasbun, A. J. Lawrence, J. Naldo, J. H. Samour and S. M. Al-Ghais from Comparative Haematology International, 8: 174-177

Normal Haematology of Free-Living Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) from the United Arab Emirates - J. H. Samour, J. C. Howlett, C. Silvanose, C. R. Hasbun and S. M. Al-Ghais from Comparative Haematology International, 8: 102-107

Conservation in Qatar: Impacts of Increasing Industrialization

British Seahorse Survey, Funding Request Download the Funding Request

Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Conservation Conference

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Supporting Article for Newsletter Vol 3 - Issue 1

Arabian leopard fact sheet, by David Stanton

Yemini Leopard Recovery Programme, Brochure

YLRP Information Sheet

Browse Silage in the United Arab Emirates web version

Kilgallon C, Bailey T, Arca-Ruibal B, Misheff M, O'Donovan D (2008) Blood gas and acid base parameters in non-tranquilised Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) in the UAE. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine: Vol. 39, No. 1 pp. 6-12.

Hammer C, Stutz K, Deb A, Arif A, Taha A, Clauss M, Hammer S (2008) Medical management and pathology of captive gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) at Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation from 2001 to 2006. Proceedings of the European Association of Zoo- and Wildlife Veterinarians 7: 349-351

Zerbe P, Schwarz C, Deb A, Borjal R, Arif A, Taha AS, Streich WJ, Clauss M, Hammer S (2008) Long-term monitoring of endoparasites in captive birds of paradise at Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation. Proceedings of the European Association of Zoo- and Wildlife Veterinarians 7: 237-238

Nagy A, Gull JM, Deb A, Arif A, Hammer C, Wernery U, Clauss M, Verhoeven S, Hammer S (2008) Retrospective evaluation of necropsy reports for beira antelopes (Dorcotragus megalotis) at Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation, Qatar - with special focus on the occurrence of a fibrinous pleuropneumonia syndrome (FPPS). Proceedings of the European Association of Zoo- and Wildlife Veterinarians 7: 277-286

Hammer S, Schwarz C, Zerbe P, Deb A, Borjal R, Arif A, Taha A, Clauss M (2008) Excessive iron storage in captive birds of paradise at Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation. Proceedings of the European Association of Zoo- and Wildlife Veterinarians 7: 345-348

Deb A, Borjal RJ, Bürkle M, Watson R, Hammer S (2008) EVALUATION OF AVIAN PARAMYXOVIRUS-1 SEROLOGY AND CROP BIOPSY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF PROVENTRICULAR DILATATION DISEASE IN CAPTIVE SPIX'S MACAWS (CYANOPSITTA SPIXII), Proceedings of the European Association of Zoo- and Wildlife Veterinarians 7: 339-342

WIECKOWSKI T., ABRAHAM A. A., WERNERY U.  (2008)  LIVER COPPER CONCENTRATION IN CAPTIVE THOMSON GAZELLES (GAZELLA THOMSONI ) IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Proceedings of the European Association of Zoo- and Wildlife Veterinarians 7: 287-292.

 A. PAS, G. DORRESTEIN (2008)   IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE IN A SANDCAT  (FELIS MARGARITA). Proceedings of the European Association of Zoo- and Wildlife Veterinarians, (EAZWV), 30. April - 3. May 2008, Leipzig, Germany, 403.

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Lynch, C.,  Population biology: The science of population management for captivity, reintroduction and conservation.
Strauss, M., Where are we in terms of Arabian oryx conservation?

Seddon, P., 9^th Conservation Workshop for the Fauna of Arabia: Protected Area Systems in the Arabian Peninsula. Short report 

Ofner, W., Bailey, T., O'Donovan, D., Wernery, U. and Zachariah, R. (2007) Absence of antibodies against Brucella sp. In different species of semi free-ranging Bovidae in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Vet. Med. Austria (94).

ProMED Feedback on West Nile Fever in the United Arab Emirates WME News Vol 2 Issue 3.

Field Studies Council Darwin Scholarship Programme - Information and how to apply - .pdf formatU.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Fellowship Opportunity - Information and how to apply - .pdf format

Captive Canid Vaccination Survey - Download the survey in MS Word .doc format

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Wernery, U. (2008), Fatal pollution, CVRL, UAE. 

J. Kinne, S. Oliveros, S. Joseph, R. Manvell and U. Wernery (2007) Severe outbreak of pox in captive Houbara Bustards (Chlamydotis undulata undulata) in Morocco.  Proc. European Assoc. Avian Veterinarians, Zurich. Pp 94-101.

Wernery, U., Basker, V.J., Joseph, S. and Kinne, J., (2007)  An attenuated vaccine protects Houbara Bustards (Chlamydotis undulata) from systemic pox   Proc. European Assoc. Avian Veterinarians, Zurich. Pp 86-93.E. Obon, T.A. Bailey, A. Di Somma, C. Silvanose, D. O'Donovan, S. Mc Keown,  S. Joseph and  U. Wernery, (2007) Seroprevalence of H5 avian Influenza virus in birds from the United Arab Emirates. Proc. European Assoc. Avian Veterinarians, Zurich. Pp 424-427.Wernery, U., T. Kettle, M. Moussa, H. Babiker and J. Whiting, West Nile Fever in the United Arab Emirates.

Rostami, A, Dehghan, M. M., Masoudifard, M., Memarian, I., Shahi Ferdous, M. M., The Report of Periapical Abscess in Carnassial Tooth in an Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)

Birdlife International - Middle East Division, Continuing efforts for the survival of the Syrian Northern Bald Ibis colonyMurn, C., Khan, U. and Farid., F., Pakistan's Gyps Vulture Restoration ProjectLloyd, C and Stidworthy, M., Coxiella burnetii  (Q-fever) Infection in Dama Gazelle (Gazella dama)

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M. Zafar-ul Islam, Mohammed Basheer P., Moayyad Sher Shah, Hajid al-Subai and Mohammad Shobrak, Conservation efforts to restore the houbara bustard (Chlamydotis macqueeni) population in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Newby, John, Saving Saharan wildlifeKinne, J., Joseph, M.  and Wernery, U,  Amyloidosis caused by gastric candidiasis in captive Stone curlews (Burhinus oedicnemus) in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)

Newby, J., Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Amrita Deb and Sven Hammer,  ZRC - Zoo Research Camp 2007

Martin-Jurado, O., Hammer, C. and Hammer, S.(2007) Beira (Dorcatragus megalotis) immobilisation in Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation, European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians Conference, May 2007, Edinburgh, pp 293-295. Wenger, S., Silvanose, C., O’Donovan, D. & Bailey, T.A.  (2007)  Plasma protein electrophoresis in clinically healthy Asian Houbara Bustards (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii) using high resolution agarose gel electrophoresis.  European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians Conference, May 2007, Edinburgh Pp 339-340.Kent, J., Bailey, T.A., Silvanose, C.D., McKeown, S., Wernery, U., Kinne, J., &  Manvell, R. (2006)  An outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza in a mixed-species aviculture unit in Dubai in 2005.  Veterinary Clinics of North America.  9(3):523-31.

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Wilms, T.M.& Schmitz, A.  (2007)  A new polytypic species of the genus Uromastyx MERREM 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Leiolepidinae) from southwestern Arabia.  Zootaxa 1394: 1-23.

Murdoch et al.  (2007)  Rüppell’s foxes in Al Dhafra, United Arab Emirates. Canid News 10:1 [online]:  http://www.canids.org/canidnews/10/ruppells_foxes_in_UAE.pdf

Obon, E. et al.  (2007)  Establishment of an avian monitoring health scheme in the United Arab Emirates using wild mallards (Anas platyrhynchos).  Proc. European Assoc. Avian Veterinarians. Pp 428-432.The Revival Of The Hima System in Lebanon (Arabic unabridged)The Revival Of The Hima System in Lebanon (English unabridged)Notes on guineafowl at the Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation unabridged.An overview of the nutrition of zoo animals in the Middle East (unabridged and with references). Camera trap survey in the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve (Arabic unabridged).

Camera trap survey in the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve (English unabridged).

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Amir, O. G., (2006), Wildlife Trade in Somalia, IUCN/SSC/Antelope Specialist Group/ Northeast Africa Subgroup. 1-28.

O’Donovan, D. and Bailey, T. (2006) Restraint of Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates using a mobile raceway, Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of the International Congress of Zookeepers: Gold Coast, Australia.Edmonds, J. A., (2007), Conservation of the Arabian leopard – Workshop Report, 8th Conservation Workshop for the Fauna of Arabia, Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife, 30th of January to the 1st  of February 2007. Unpublished Report.

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Collection Plans:

O'Donovan, D. (2006), Institutional collection plans in the Middle East, WME News 1:3 p7, Dubai, UAE

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Quarantine:

Naldo, J., Samour, J. and Bailey, T. (1997) The quarantine station at the National Avian Research Centre, Abu Dhabi. Int Zoo Yb 35: 256-261 (Size 983 Kb)Bailey, T.A., Silvanose, C.D., Naldo J., Combreau, O., Launay, F., Wernery, U., Kinne, J., Gough, R., & Manvell, R. (2000) Health considerations of the rehabilitation of illegally traded houbara bustards Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii in the Middle East. Oryx, 34: 325-334. (Size 544 Kb)

AZA, (2007), Recommended Quarantine Procedures, IN: 2007 Guide to Accreditation of Zoological Parks and Aquariums pp 16-22, http://www.aza.org/Accreditation/Accred_Cert_Info/ (Size 242 Kb)

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