The number of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) at our Zoo just grew by one. We're thrilled to announce that chimpanzee, Rozi, gave birth on June 10th. Rozi (pronounced like Rosie) and her infant did well initially, but after a few weeks we noticed a decline in the infant's health and became concerned that she was not receiving enough of her mother’s milk. Our veterinarians stabilized her and keepers have been providing around the clock care behind the scenes until the baby is strong enough to rejoin Rozi and the troop. As for the baby’s name, that's up to you to decide. Look for details about the baby’s progress and the timing of a naming contest at www.MarylandZoo.org and across our social channels. Rozi was approved for breeding by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Program. She is genetically compatible with all three of the Zoo’s breeding males. The identity of the father is awaiting testing. Her infant will join our three other juvenile chimps: Lola, who was born in July 2019 (to Zoo parents Bunny and Jack); Violet was born in December of 2019 (to Zoo parents Raven and Louie); and, Maisie was born in August 2020 (mother is at the Oklahoma Zoo) and came to Maryland Zoo in September of that year.
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This week we completed an Atlantic salmon sea lice challenge…….merging our expertise in animal health, sea lice controlled challenges and breeding & genetics. #HuntsmanMarine closed the sea lice life cycle nearly two decades ago allowing us to produce thousands of individual copepodids (the infectious life stage of the sea louse) per year to conduct controlled sea lice challenges with Atlantic salmon. We have since challenged each year class of Atlantic salmon within a commercial broodstock program since 2010 to assess resistance amongst families, estimate heritability and provide breeding values to inform selection for stock improvement. This particular controlled challenge was designed to include expected sea lice resistant and susceptible families. Such benchmark challenges allow us to track progress as we continue to select for further improvement over time. We will also use the individual fish results to identify genomic SNP markers from collected tissue samples that will greatly increase selection efficiency in the future. https://lnkd.in/gXeVgA7X Photo: Sue (foreground) and Phil (background) are counting sea lice on individual Atlantic salmon as Brooklyn (middle) is checking the anesthetic bath for any sea lice that might have fallen off while the fish was in there.
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