Management and Conservation

Front classes
Biodiversity: values, conservation strategies, international and national policies (5 hrs)
Conservation and sustainable use of farm animal genetic resources (2 hrs)
Genetic variation within and betwwen populations (2 hrs)
Inbreeding management (3 hrs)
Cryconservation of animal genetic resources (1 hr)
Introduction to population demography and population viability (1 hr)
Bioethics and conservation (2 hrs)

Class exercises
Sustainable use of aninmal genetic resources (2 hrs)
How to measure genetic variation (4 hrs)
Management of inbreeding (4 hrs)
Cryoconservation of animal genetic resources (1 hr)
Principles of demography and population viability (3 hrs)
Bioethics; case analysis (2 hrs)

LECTURES
Principles of extensive management (1 hour)
Carrying capacity (1 hour)
Models of environmental sustainability (1 hour)
Biology and behaviour of Italian wild ungulates (6 hours)
Criteria for estimation of age and sex classes of free ranging animals (3 hours)
Census methods (4 hours)
Capture methods (2 hours)
Translocations (2 hours)
Culling plans (2 hours)
Age estimation in culled animals (2 hours)
Principles of legislation applied to wildlife management (2 hours)
GIS applications for wildlife management (1 hours)
Interactions between wild and domestic animals (2 hours)
Problems related to large predators (3 hours)

PRACTICE
Projection and discussion of videos (4 hours)
Practical applications of GIS for wildlife management (2 hours)
Age estimation based on jaws and trophies (2 hours)
Field activities (8 hours)

LECTURES
Introduction (2 hours)
Diseases of faisants and hares (2 hours)
Parvovirus in ducks (1 hour)
Common diseases of cervids and bovids (7 hours)
Common diseases of wild boar (2 hours)
Leptospirosis (2 hours)


ESERCITAZIONI
Collection of pathological samples for laboratory analysis (2 hours)
DNA estraction from pathological samples (2 hours)
PCR and electroforetic gel preparation (1 hour)
Field activities (11 hours)

Lectures:

Wildlife, socio-economics, land-use change and sanitary implications (2 hours)
Parasites dynamics in free ranging populations (2 hours)
Surveillance and monitoring of wildlife disease (2 hours)
Wildlife, meat production and sanitary risk (4 hours)
Diseases at the livestock-wildlife interface (3 hours)
Options and management measures in a health ecosystem perspective (3 hours)

Practice:
Wildlife parasites diagnostics (4 ore)
Technical visit to a game meat center (4 hours)
Field excursions to faunistic areas of eco-epidemiological importance (6 hours)
Invasive alien species and epidemiological consequences (2 hours)