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WMH620S - WILDLIFE MONITORING AND HANDLING - 2ND OPP - JAN 2023 |
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n Am I BI A u n IVE RS ITY
OF SCIEn CE Ano TECHn OLOGY
FACULTYOF HEALTH,NATURALRESOURCESAND APPLIEDSCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREAND NATURALRESOURCESSCIENCES
QUALIFICATION:BACHELOROF NATURALRESOURCESMANAGEMENT
QUALIFICATIONCODE: 07BNRS
COURSECODE:WMH620S
LEVEL: 7
COURSENAME: WILDLIFEMONITORING AND
HANDLING
DATE:JANUARY2023
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 150
SECONDOPPORTUNITY/SUPPLEMENTARYEXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) Mr Jeremia K.L. Amutenya and Mrs Louise Theron
MODERATOR: Mr Helmuth Tjikurunda
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
PERMISSIBLEMATERIALS
1. Examination question paper
2. Answering book
THIS QUESTION PAPERCONSISTSOF 3 PAGES(Excluding this front page)
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QUESTION 1
Write short notes to define or explain the following terms:
1.1 Road Strip Count
(2)
1.2. Capture myopathy
(4)
1.3. Transportation Crates
(2)
1.4. Quantitative data
(2)
[10)
QUESTION 2
Explain the difference between the following pairs of terms.
2.1. Performed water vs. Metabolic water
(2)
2.2. Soft release vs. hard release.
(2)
2.3. Carrier vs Vector for a disease. (Give an example for each)
(4)
2.4. Botulism and phosphorous deficiency frequently occur together. Discuss this (2)
statement.
[10)
QUESTION 3
3.1. Natural Resource Managers must determine various factors before designing and (6)
undertaking a monitoring program. Name six factors to consider when designing
or undertaking a monitoring program for a National Park.
3.2. Dr Erold Naomab is keen on conducting a full moon waterhole game count on his (7)
new farm. Explain in detail to Dr Naomab how a full moon waterhole game count
is conducted.
3.3. Remote sensing is a tool being explored and utilised by Natural Resource (4)
Managers to ensure effective management of wildlife resources. Expand on four
important roles that Remote Sensing (RS) plays in wildlife monitoring and
management.
3.4. You have been introduced to six elements of adaptive management in class.Name (12}
and explain these elements.
[29)
QUESTION 4
4.1. Name four (4) different types of nets used to capture wild animals.
(4)
4.2. Captured animals experience ongoing stress, and if that stress level exceeds their (7)
physical and physiological limits, they may eventually succumb to it. Name seven
factors that worsen stress in wild animals to be captured.
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4.3. The mass capture boma consists of five different segments separated by plastic (5)
curtains which allow for animals to be herded towards the end of the boma,
leading into a transport truck. Name these segments of a capture boma.
4.4. Provide five (5) advantages of using chemical immobilization to capture wild
(5)
animals.
4.5. Capture myopathy occurs in three distinct phases, name these phases.
(3)
4.6. Provide eight {8} symptoms of capture myopathy.
(8)
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QUESTION 5
5.1. What are six {6} factors to consider when constructing a holding facility/pans for (6)
wild animals?
5.2. Water is one of the most vital nutrients for wild animals, because of the multiple (6)
functions it is used for. Name and provide an example of three sources where wild
animals get their water from.
5.3. Briefly discuss the digestive system of a rhino.
(10)
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QUESTION 6
6.1. You are appointed as a Chief Warden for the Game Capture Unit within the (10)
Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, part of your duty is to inspect and
approve transport crates of game dealers. Provide ten criteria you will follow to
inspect transport crates to ensure the welfare of the animal being transported.
6.2. Under what conditions can you recommend wild animals to be offloaded at night, (4)
name four conditions.
6.3. What are some of the factors that need to be considered before wild animals are (8)
to be offloaded from the transport crate, name eight factors.
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QUESTION 7
7.1. Name the pathogen responsible for each of the following diseases, and provide (5)
the scientific name.
7.1.1. Anthrax
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7.1.2. Tuberculosis
7.1.3. Ngana
7.1.4. Babesiosis
7.1.5. Ringworm
7.2. Anthrax spores are very resilient and can survive in nature for a very long time. It (5)
is thus very difficult to eliminate/destroy them. Discuss various ways that these
spores can spread through the environment before eventually entering the bodies
of animals, causing Anthrax. (Do NOT use bullet points!}
7.3. Give a short description of the disease Babesiosis. Explain what it is, how animals (10)
get it, immunity and resistance in cattle and how it can be treated. NO clinical
signs are required!
7.4. You are an Animal Health Technician in the Directorate of Veterinary Services,
(5)
addressing a group of farmers. What advice would you give them on the
control measures for Tuberculosis?
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TOTAL:150 MARKS
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