Breeders – Protocols
Brown Teal Protocols / Literature
- Brown Teal Husbandry Manual, probably best to save a copy to your computer by right clicking on the above link, then “save target as” to save it to a location where you can later find and open it.
- Pateke (Anas chlorotis) recovery plan, 2005–10
Brown Teal Transportation Guidelines
- Approved crates used for transporting pateke and requirement instructions that must be followed.
- Basic overview of how and why we do disease screening
- The actual protocol if you are transferring birds from one facility to another if being directed to by the captive coordinator ie moving a display pair to another institution, moving a breeding pair from you to someone else, etc
Captive to Peacock Springs protocol
- The actual protocol if you are transferring your seasons progeny down to peacock springs for a captive release.
Peacock Springs to Wild protocol
- Peacocks springs only need to worry about this.
- Dead birds need to be kept chilled (not frozen) and sent to Massey University for pathology/necropsy.