Crate conditioning of bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) for veterinary and husbandry procedures at the Denver Zoological Gardens (1997)

Phillips, M., Grandin, T., Graffam, W. et al.

Abstract

The main objective of this project was to condition [successfully!] bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) to confinement in a handling crate to provide a nonstressful means of performing veterinary and husbandry procedures without immobilization. Such procedures included blood sampling, caudal tail fold tuberculin skin testing, injection, palpation, and milk collection (p. 26).