Kelly J D, Blyde D J, Denney I S
Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales, Mosman.
Aust Vet J. 1995 Oct;72(10):369-74. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1995.tb06173.x.
The paper describes a program to import and breed black rhinoceros ex situ at Western Plains Zoo in Australia. Nine rhinoceros (7 females and 2 males) captured in 1992 in Chete National Park, Zimbabwe, were transported to Australia via Cocos Island. The veterinary treatment of the animals before and during quarantine in Zimbabwe and on Cocos (Keeling) Islands is described. Three animals died; an adult male on Cocos Islands and a juvenile male and an adult female at Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo, New South Wales. The juvenile male died as a result of trauma sustained shortly after arrival and the two adults after developing a severe hepatopathy. The group of 6 females and an additional 4 males imported from the USA in 1994 have adapted well to captivity and to the climate and environment of central west New South Wales.
该论文描述了一项在澳大利亚西部平原动物园异地引进和繁育黑犀牛的计划。1992年在津巴布韦切特国家公园捕获的九头犀牛（7头雌性和2头雄性）经科科斯岛被运往澳大利亚。文中描述了这些动物在津巴布韦以及在科科斯（基林）岛检疫前和检疫期间的兽医治疗情况。三头犀牛死亡，一头成年雄性在科科斯岛死亡，一头幼年雄性和一头成年雌性在新南威尔士州杜博的西部平原动物园死亡。幼年雄性犀牛在抵达后不久因外伤死亡，两头成年犀牛在患上严重肝病后死亡。1994年从美国引进的6头雌性犀牛和另外4头雄性犀牛已经很好地适应了圈养环境以及新南威尔士州中西部的气候和环境。
