EAZA BioBank
The EAZA BioBank was founded in 2016 and aims to be the primary source for population management and conservation research in zoos. The Leibniz-IZW is one of four biobanking hubs that store samples from zoos on behalf of the EAZA.
The inventory of our hub currently comprises 1428 samples of 338 species that have been sent by 62 zoos (see chart below).
*Sorted by number of samples (9-1): *Vogelpark Walsrode | Zoo Zürich | Zoologischer Garten Halle | Zoo Magdeburg | Tierpark Chemnitz | Zoo Usti nad Labem | Zoo Neuwied | Tierpark Nordhorn | Zoo Hoyerswerda | Biopark Valencia | Zoo Vivarium Darmstadt | Bundesforst Schwarzborn | Zoo La Garenne | Zoo Ostrava | Zoo Pilsen | Zoo Wroclaw | Zoo Zamosc | Zoo Goldau | Zoo Torun | Vogelpark Marlow | Zoom Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen | Zoo Dortmund | Zoo Rostock | Zoopark Erfurt | Zoo Lodz | Zoo Köln | Tierpark Görlitz | Zoo Ebeltoft | Zoo Gdansk | Zoo Krakau | Zoo Leipzig | Zoo Sofia | Zoo Linz | Tierpark Bern | Tierpark Hagenbeck | Zoo de La Palmyre | Zoo Duisburg AG | Zoo Dvur Kralove | Zoo HLUBOKA | Zoo Olomouc | Zoo Zagreb | Tiergarten Kleve | Zoo Aschersleben | Steirischer Landestiergarten
The following overview shows the number of samples submitted from 2018 to 2022. 
Most of the samples in 2022 came from the following zoos:
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Useful documents:
EAZA BioBank sampling protocol
Contact
Prof Dr Jörns Fickel
Phone: +49(0)30 5168314
Email: fickel@izw-berlin.de
Last updated on October, 17th, 2023