Congratulations to all the award winners from this years conference, and thank you to all the speakers and poster presenters! #BIAZARC2025
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Great last set of speed talks with a focus on social science methods and the benefits of zoos to public health and wellbeing #BIAZARC2025
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Sarah Armstrong shows us the positive educational outcomes of visits and the school zoo at Reaseheath mini zoo #BIAZARC2025
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Naomi Davis-Walsh
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
tells us about the great potential of using AI for automated behaviour monitoring in zoos #BIAZARC2025
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Isobel Day @chesterzoo.bsky.social has used sleep to monitor how giraffes coped with an enclosure move #BIAZARC2025
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Great speed talk session, from a new tool for EEHV testing, welfare assessment of dormice, whisker ID of seals, population genetics of scaly-sided mergsnsers and leaf-tailed geckos, and the potential for cryobanking in pupfish #BIAZARC2025
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Final talk of the session, Olivia Murrell @chesterzoo.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social outlines the conservation potential of nepenthes (carnivorous pitcher plants) in zoos and botanical gardens #BIAZARC2025
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Owen Greenwood @chesterzoo.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social
highlights the importance of conservation genetics in the reintroduction of the Bermuda skink #BIAZARC2025
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Helen Reynolds @manmetuni.bsky.social
talks about her research on whether Wild dogs can survive in small reserves #BIAZARC2025
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Andrew Mooney @dublinzoo.bsky.social highlights the role of zoos in native species conservation #BIAZARC2025
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Kathy Baker from Newquay Zoo gives a great overview of 13 years of research into the Owston’s civet #BIAZARC2025
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Amy Humphreys @chesterzoo.bsky.social shows us that contraception is an important tool for population management of banteng in zoos #BIAZARC2025
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Ruth Bentley
@twycrosszoo.bsky.social
highlights the benefits of health checks on elderly primates and found no negative impacts of general anaesthetics #BIAZARC2025
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Thought provoking talk by Caralyn Kemp on whether Animal
Encounters in zoos encourage donations and what that means for animal welfare #BIAZARC2025
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Aurelie Jolivald @nottinghamtrentuni.bsky.social asks the question: Can zoo-housed meerkats recognise human emotion? #BIAZARC2025
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Madeline Waite @zslofficial.bsky.social
has been listening to elephants, and gave us a great overview of using passive acoustic monitoring in overnight monitoring of elephants #BIAZARC2025
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Senior Chester Zoo staff from the Science Department delivered the plenary, showcasing their science toolkit and a case study on how they it is used in elephant conservation, both in the zoo and in the wild #BIAZARC2025
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The first speed talk session covered jellyfish lightning, wild dog visitor effects (with Bayesian stats!), baboon contraception and cassowary calls. A great showcase of the variety of research that goes on in BIAZA Zoos #BIAZARC2025
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We’re underway at the 2025 BIAZA Research Conference at Chester Zoo. Looking forward to two days packed with zoo science! #BIAZARC2025
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Laura Naidenov presents how Chester Zoo’s Behaviour & Welfare Team monitor out-of-hours events using both animal behaviour and acoustic monitoring #BIAZARC2025
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Lianne Zonnebeld up next
@TwycrossZoo
comparing anaesthetic methods for callitrichid welfare #BIAZARC2025
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Fascinating first talk by Amir Patel from @ucl.ac.uk on using thermal imaging to detect core body temperature in cheetah #BIAZARC2025
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Dr Simon Dowell, Science & Policy Director, welcomed delegates with a history of Chester Zoo and how science has underpinned many of the developments and conservation activities #BIAZARC2025
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We are delighted to welcome delegates to the 2025 BIAZA Research Conference here at Chester Zoo. Follow along for updates #BIAZARC2025
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