Bi2BP_CHVS Breeding and Managing Collections

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Boris Rychnovský, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Boris Rychnovský, CSc.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are the following: obtaining of basic knowledge about breeding of animals - vertebrates as well as invertebrates; acquiring of basic skills of preparation of animals - especially insects, founding and managing of zoological collections.
Creating of basic positive attitude towards refering this knowledge and these skills to pupils on basic schools is of the major importance.
Syllabus
  • 1. Breedings invertebrates 1: insects (cockroaches, mantids, grass-hoppers, stick insects; beetles, butterflies, etc.)
  • 2. Breedings invertebrates 2: spiders, scorpions, crabs; slugs, snails, earthworms, etc.
  • 3. Picking (sampling), fixation and preparation of insects
  • 4. Founding of insect collections, basic methods of regular desinsection of collections
  • 5. Fundamentals of aquaristics and terraristics
  • 6. Fundamentals of breedings of small (ornamental) birds and small mammals (rabbits and rodents)
  • 7. Visiting selected sections of the Zoological garden in Brno
  • 8. Fundamentals of fixation and preparation of vertebrates
Literature
  • ČUŘÍK, Petr. Živé drahokamy v teráriích. 1. vyd. Úvaly: Ratio, 2002, 65 s. ISBN 80-902312-4-1. info
  • VERHOEF, Esther. Encyklopedie ptáků v klecích a voliérách. 2. vyd. Praha: Rebo Productions, 2001, 312 s. ISBN 8072341707. info
  • BRUINS, Eugene. Encyklopedie teraristiky. 2. vyd. Čestlice: Rebo, 2001, 317 s. ISBN 8072341685. info
  • VERHOEF, Esther. Encyklopedie akvarijních ryb. 2. vyd. Čestlice: Rebo, 2000, 255 s. ISBN 807234157X. info
  • Hmyz :chov, morfologie. Edited by František Kovařík. 1. vyd. Jihlava: MADAGASKAR, 2000, 295 s., il. ISBN 80-86068-24-2. info
  • VERHOEF, Esther. Encyklopedie králíků a hlodavců. 2. vyd. Praha: Rebo Productions, 1999, 320 s. ISBN 8072340395. info
  • VERHOEF, Esther. Encyklopedie ptáků v klecích a voliérách. Čestlice: Rebo, 1999, 311 s. ISBN 8072340700. info
  • PECINA, Pavel. Hmyz : druhy pro začínající chovatele - strašilky, pakobylky a saranče : průvodce Pavla Peciny pro mladé chovatele. 1. vyd. Havlíčkův Brod: Fragment, 1999, 32 s. ISBN 8072003062. info
  • KOVAŘÍK, František. Štíři. Vyd. 1. Jihlava: Madagaskar, 1998, 175 s. ISBN 8086068102. info
  • VERHOEF, Esther. Encyklopedie akvarijních ryb. 2. vyd. Čestlice: Rebo Productions, 1997, 255 s. ISBN 807234157X. info
  • VERHOEF, Esther. Kompletní encyklopedie koček : péče o kočku a přehled známých i méně známých plemen koček z celého světa. 2. vyd. Praha: Rebo Productions, 1997, 239 s. ISBN 8072341588. info
Assessment methods
Active participation on all lessons of the course, final report in the form of PPT presentation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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