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Anyone interested in the Brown Teal captive breeding program
can find all of the reference documents used in the management
and husbandry of keeping New Zealand Brown Teal in captivity.
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Brown Teal Husbandry Manual
Abstract.- This husbandry manual is prepared for all
holders of brown teal in accordance with the Brown Teal
Captive Management Plan. The information contained within
this manual reflects current best practice for captive
management of brown teal, and draws on the experience
and expertise of participants in both the New Zealand
brown teal and sub-antarctic teal captive programmes.
This manual facilitates the establishment of minimum
standards for housing, health care, feeding and breeding
management of brown teal, allowing the captive management
programme to support the recovery of the species. The
establishment of standards for recording information,
and notifying and investigating deaths, will assist
the Captive Management Co-ordinator to maintain an accurate
studbook and provide the feedback necessary to assist
the programme to meet its annual production targets.
It will also allow the collection of veterinary information
to provide both a better understanding of, and improvements
in, brown teal health management.
With continuing improvements to current captive management
techniques, the information contained in this husbandry
manual will require updating and should be reviewed
at least every five years.
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The Brown Teal
Captive Management Plan
Abstract - Captive management has the potential to make
a significant net contribution to future Brown Teal recovery,
in spite of initial concerns that a captive population
would be a net consumer of birds and about the lack of
pedigree records. Captive Brown Teal have been shown to
have a long productive life, and productivity can also
be enhanced by management techniques such as multiple
clutching, artificial incubation and brooding, and cross-fostering,
all of which have been used successfully.
The goal of the Brown Teal Captive Management Plan
is to maintain, manage
and develop the Brown Teal captive breeding programme
to retain known
genetic diversity, annually supply known quality birds
for release in the
quantities and at the times required by the recovery
programme, and to
contribute to Brown Teal advocacy. A number of objectives
to be achieved
during the life of this plan are described. Within each
objective a range of tasks
will need to be completed, and a time frame for their
completion is proposed,
together with procedures for ensuring that the programme
is followed.
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Brown Teal Disease Screening Protocol
Abstract - Outlines the rationale behind the quarantine
protocols for translocation of Brown Teal. The protocols
are designed to mitigate the risk of disease transfer
to wild Brown Teal populations and reintroduction sites.
Brown Teal are a nationally endangered species so it
is important to treat disease as a threat to the species,
alongside other threats such as predation and habitat
destruction. Transfers between captive breeding/holding
facilities are seen as low risk, as the captive population
is treated as a 'whole population'.
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Brown Teal Annual Return
Abstract - To help us with the efficient management
of Brown Teal, please complete one of these annual report
forms for each pair of Brown Teal held in captivity.
For pairs who bred more than once in the last year,
please report on the results of each clutch laid on
the lines below clutch number.
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Brown Teal - Wild egg to captivity transfer protocol
Abstract - Outlines the protocols for translocation
of wild brown teal egg
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Brown Teal 2004/5 Release Action Plan
Abstract - Outlines a suggested timeline for next years
release for all NZ Brown Teal captive breeders.
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