- Docente: Fausto Tinti
- Credits: 4
- SSD: BIO/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Veterinary Medicine (cod. 8617)
Learning outcomes
The student will have basic knowledge of animal taxonomy, systematics, reproduction and diversity with special emphasis to those of veterinary and zootechnical interest. Among them special focus will be given to some invertebrate phyla (Molluscs, Arthropods) and to Vertebrates. In addition, the student will acquire abilities in the identification of animal groups of veterinary interest.
Course contents
GENERAL ZOOLOGY - The animal Kingdom. Classification of
Animals: tasxonomy, methods and purpose, species and higher groups.
Nomenclature: common names and scientific names. Animal
reproduction: asexual and sexual reproduction, mitosis and meiosis,
spermatogenesis, oogenesis, fertilization. Special types of sexual
reproduction: parthenogenesis and hermafroditism.
SYSTEMATIC ZOOLOGY - Structure and natural history of
Chordates: Urochordata, Cephalochordata and Vertebrata.
Characteristics, external features, integument, skeleton,
locomotion, feeding, respiratory system, excretory system, nervous
system and sense organs, reproduction and development, relation to
man of the following taxa with particular reference to Italian
fauna: Cyclostomata, Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes
(Acipenseriformes, Clupeiformes, Salmoniformes, Cypriniformes,
Siluriformes, Anguilliformes, Gadiformes, Lophiiformes,
Perciformes, Scorpaeniformes, Pleuronectiformes), Amphibia (Caudata
and Anura), Reptilia (Chelonia and Squamata), Aves (Ciconiiformes,
Charadriiformes, Anseriformes, Falconiformes, Columbiformes,
Galliformes, Strigiformes, Passeriformes), Mammalia (Prototheria,
Metatheria, Eutheria: Insectivora, Chiroptera, Rodentia,
Lagomorpha, Carnivora, Artiodactyla, Cetacea). Invertebrates: basic
knowledge on Mollusca and Arthropod.
Readings/Bibliography
Recommended Textbooks:
TRENTINI - Appunti di Zoologia generale e speciale veterinaria - CUSL, Bologna
COCKRUM, McCAULEY - Zoologia - Piccin ed., Padova
LA GRECA - Zoologia generale - Edizioni Greco, Catania
BACCETTI e altri - Lineamenti di Zoologia sistematica - Zanichelli, Bologna
REMANE, STORCH, WELSCH - Zoologia - ed. ERMES, Milano
CLEVELAND, HICKMAN, ROBERTS, LARSON, L'ANSON - Fondamenti di zoologia - McGraw-Hill
CLEVELAND, HICHMAN, ROBERTS, LARSON - Diversità animale - McGraw-Hill
Recommended Atlas:
TRENTINI - Atlante di zoologia generale e speciale veterinaria - CUSL, Bologna
SABELLI - Diversità e morfologia degli invertebrati - PICCIN, Padova
!!!!!!Several copies of the reccomended Textbooks and Atlas are available at the Library of the Faculty
Teaching methods
Lectures, lab practices and teaching visits to museums and wild parks.
Assessment methods
Two written multiple-choice tests (General Zoology and Systematic Zoology) with 20 queries each.
Teaching tools
Powerpoint illustration, lab exercises, teaching at the museums of Comparative Anatomy and Zoology and on the field.
Office hours
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