The mission of the Zoo and Aquarium Radiology Database is to serve as a transformative resource empowering veterinary professionals to leverage diagnostic imaging to advance the standard of zoo and aquarium animal care and wellbeing; support global wildlife conservation; and promote scientific discovery.
The Zoo and Aquarium Radiology Database (ZARD), housed at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, is a collaborative effort between multiple zoological institutions to provide an innovative and centralized online reference tool. Across taxa, leading institutions contributed thousands of digital radiographs and CT scans approved by board-certified radiologists as quality reference images for each species. Veterinarians and related professionals engaged in zoo, wildlife, and aquatic medicine or other life sciences will benefit from this resource when used to overcome diagnostic challenges that augment caring for non-domestic species. The ZARD is easily accessible through a cloud-interface.
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Questions about accessing or utilizing the ZARD?
Please review our FAQ/Help page, and if you have any lingering thoughts or questions, our email address is located at the bottom of that page.
Leadership Partners
Diagnostic imaging for 500+ species was primarily collected from our seven leadership partners.
- Brookfield Zoo Chicago
- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
- Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance
- Disney’s Animals, Science and Environment
- Saint Louis Zoo
- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
- Wildlife Conservation Society
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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (MG-249218-OMS-21).
Upcoming Training Sessions
The ZARD team will provide in-person training sessions to ensure users glean maximum benefits from their use of the database. Keep an eye out for more information.