72590 - Control of Wildlife

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Docente: Paolo Trevisi
  • Credits: 3
  • SSD: AGR/19
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Land and agro-forestry Sciences (cod. 8525)

Learning outcomes

The course give the basic scientific and technical knowledge about wildlife animal management (only terrestrial), including the rearing techniques

Course contents

The student that aim to attend this course should have already acquired a good compression in the basic biology, genetic and rearing of farm animals. The course is divided in 6 units :

1) National and Regional regulations to manage the wildlife animals

2) resettlement of wildlife animal

3) Ungulates in Italy, description of morphology, physiology and behaviour and rearing techniques.

4)relationship between management and rearing of the wildlife animals. Rearing techniques

5) Slaughtering procedures

6) defensive strategies for the agricultural productions agains the wildlife animals damage.

The courses includes seminars carried out by the professionals from the wildlife animal management

Readings/Bibliography

PowerPoint presentation and (http://agricoltura.regione.emilia-romagna.it/caccia).

- The slide are uploaded on te web site Alma AMSCampus

Teaching methods

Metodi didattici

The courses is divided in two teaching units:

1) theory: 18 hours of frontal lectures supported by videos, photos and slides. 

2) Practice: 12 hours of seminaries.

The students con follow the lectures and seminaries also by using the web platform of the University

Assessment methods

The course is a part of the integrate course of " Control of Wildlife ” that is divided in two parts: " wildlife animal management” and "economical management of the protected areas”.

An interviews is planned at the end of the course. Two questions will be posed (one for each part). The student successfully pass the interview with an average evaluation of at least 18/30

The evaluation will be assigned according to the following criteria:

- A very thorough knowledge of the topics addressed in the course, together with strong skills of critical analysis, and a full management of the specific terminology will be evaluated with the maximum score (30-30L).

- An in-depth knowledge of the topics addressed in the course, together with a good analytical and critical ability and the proper use of specific terminology will be evaluated with good marks (27-29).

- A technically adequate preparation and a sufficient analytical capacity, even if not particularly articulated, expressed in correct terminology, will produce discrete evaluations (23-26).

- Sufficient preparation and capacity for analysis, expressed in a language that is barely formally correct, will determine the sufficiency (18-22).

Access to the exam is free. The test lasts at least 45 minutes. The date, time and location of the test is published on the courses web site. To register for the exam, the student must be used the AlmaEsami web application.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the students can decide to perform the exam in presence or by using the web platform provided from the University.


Students aims in taking the exam in English must contacted the professor at least two days in advance.

Teaching tools

Slide, book entitled "Linee guida per l'allevamento di cervidi a scopo alimentare (M. Lenzi)". Slide uploaded on virtuale.unibo.it platform

Office hours

See the website of Paolo Trevisi

SDGs

Responsible consumption and production Life on land

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.