Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Recent Projects

Fancy footwork: How different are the feet of zoo and wild giraffe?
Cooperative training helps zookeepers care for zoo animals. For giraffe, much of this training focuses on hoof work, because just like fingernails, hooves grow and need regular trims. Our projec...
Liza Dadone
Liza Dadone

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

248% funded
Biology
Medicine
Help us pioneer stem cell therapy for giraffe!
Arthritis is common in geriatric giraffe. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is uniquely suited to help find better arthritis treatments, as we have a large herd of 16 giraffe that are trained for voluntary ...
Liza Dadone
Liza Dadone

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

130% funded
Biology
Medicine

Top Lab Notes

Thermal images of a giraffe's legs. This giraffe has arthritis and associated inflammation in the R front leg. Stem cell therapy might help.
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MSCs from elephant blood used to treat arthritis in an elephant at CMZ. Clinical signs improved and inflammation decreased after therapy
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Our Zoo's giraffe are trained to let us trim their hooves. Help support our project so we can understand how wild giraffe feet compare.
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Training allows our giraffe to participate in their own health care! Here a giraffe positions for an x-ray, so we can check for arthritis.
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Followers (298)

Christina TranEric D. WaltersKristen LukasTiffany JacobsNicole SharpeMarietta DanforthLiviu PopEmily ThackerRonnie HatcherAmy SchilzRonnie DadoneJeanie BaratonoLaryn Richlin CrisciElena Si Ciprian MihaiJudy Bryan MelloLiz R. WebbAmy Hancock RonemusBecca SigafoosGary LoewAnne WeaverMegan Ryder SandersRachael FeigenbaumJennifer LongKalima DrgaLindsay BanksKerry DiGiacomoSkip WillisLeo DadoneAmber Huckabone HermanHayley MurphyNona Hentschel

Stats

$15,893

Funding Raised

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Researchers

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