STANDARD COURSE
SABLE, ROAN, BUFFALO  & COLOUR VARIANTS COURSE

 19 - 23 February 2013
  22 - 26 October 2013 

5-DAY COURSE OVERVIEW
DAY ONE
 -  Short registration
 -  Welfare of Sable, Roan and Buffalo
 -  Safety during capture – a practical exercise (monitoring of your animal)
 - Equipment and products (vitamins, vaccines, minerals, wound management)
DAY TWO
 - Management of the capture event (it is all about planning)
 - Stress and stress management
 - Emergency procedures until vet arrives
 - Horn measurements
DAY THREE
 - Wildlife diseases, parasites, toxins and the management/treatment thereof
 - Post Mortem Species: Description, dynamics, habitat and activity, age, intensive production,
 -  Species: Description, dynamics, habitat and activity, age, intensive production
DAY FOUR
 -  Wildlife DNA – the role of applied genetics and forensic testing in Africa’s wildlife
 - Wildlife breeders (economics/personal experience of the industry)
 - Nutrition (boma and field)
 - Insurance, auctions, etc
DAY FIVE
 - Visiting of camp and boma system
 - Wildlife breeders (economics/personal experience of the industry)
 - Hand rearing principles.
Course closure and certification.

COURSE OBJECTIVE
To teach you the background, facts and science of intensive wildlife production.  Intensive lectures and extensive practical, hands-on sessions contribute to the success of this course.
TOPICS COVERED
Each topic will be dealt with in detail by experts in their field.

• Managing the capture event
• Human first aid during chemical capture
• Monitoring of the captured animal
• Herd management (social structure) and monitoring
• Identification, reduction and handling of stress during and after capture, holding facilities
• Loading, transportation and off-loading
• The genetics and principles of intensive prime stock breeding (age determination, horn development, etc)
• Diseases and parasites and their control
• Herd nutrition
• Holding bomas and fencing, breeding camp systems
• Trauma and Rearing of young
• The business of intensive animal breeding
• The secrets of wildlife production
• Legal aspects (permits, buying and selling contracts, buffalo policy, insurance)
• Mortalities and capture-related deaths.
  …… AND MORE!

Also Available when you attend this course
 - Chemical and Physical Restraint of Wild Animals – a Training and Field Manual for African Species
 - Intensive Wildlife Production in Southern Africa – J du Bothma and N van Rooyen
 - A guide to animal diseases in South Africa – Game – Pamela and Peter Oberem