Animal Diversity II

Paper Code: 
ZOL 112
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
Course objectives: 
This course will enable the students to – 
● Evaluate Life Cycle, Mode of Transmission and Diseases caused by Protozoans 
● Description of unique characters of coelenterate and different types of zooids, alternation of  generation.  
● Critique parasitic Adaptations in helminthes. 
● Analyze various diseases caused by Platyhelminthes and Nemathelminthes. 
● Relate characteristic features and the economic importance of minor Phyla. 
 
Course Outcomes (COs): 

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and  teaching strategies

Assessment  Strategies

Paper 

Code

Paper Title

ZOL-112

Animal 

Diversity II

After course completion students will  CO 5: Analyze Life Cycle , Mode of  Transmission and Diseases caused  by Protozoans

CO6: Differentiate unique  characters of coelenterate and  different types of zooids, alternation  of generation. 

CO7: Illustrate parasitic Adaptations  in helminthes.

CO 8: Develop knowledge about  various diseases caused by  Platyhelminthes and  Nemathelminthes.

CO 9: Investigate characteristic  features and the economic  importance of minor Phyla.

The approach in  teaching:

Interactive Lectures,  Discussion, Tutorials,  Reading assignments,  Demonstration, Team  teaching

Learning activities for  the students:

Self-learning 

assignments, Effective  questions, Simulation,  Seminar presentation,  Giving tasks.

Class test,  Semester end  examinations,  Quiz, 

Presentation
 

 

8.00
Unit I: 
Unit I:
● Life Cycle, Mode of Transmission and Diseases caused by Protozoans Trypanosoma 
● Leishmania 
● Entamoeba 
● Plasmodium 
12.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II:
● Salient features of Aurelia, 
● Alternation of Generation: Obelia ,Aurelia 
● Types of Zooids
12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III:
● Salient features of Liver Fluke 
● Reproductive System and its Life Cycle ( Paedogenesis, polyembryony) 
● Parasitic Adaptations in Liver fluke and diseases caused 
 
9.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV:
● Life Cycle, Mode of Transmission and Diseases caused by 
Platyhelminthes and Nemathelminthes
● Dracunculus 
● Wuchereria
● Hook Worm 
9.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V:
● Introduction to Minor Phyla 
● Ctenophora 
● Rotifera
● Onychophora
Essential Readings: 
● Dhami P.S. and Dhami J.K. Invertebrate Zoology, S Chand and Co. 
● Textbook of Zoology; Shivpuri, Jacob, D. and Vyas. D.K.; Ramesh Book Depot.  
● Modern Textbook of Zoology Invertebrates; Kotpal; Rastogi Publications. 
● Hickman ,C.P.,LS Roberts,and A. Larson.McGraw Hill Company, New York. Integrated principles of  zoology. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
References: 
SUGGESTED READINGS:
● Ruppert and Barnes, R.D. (2006). Invertebrate Zoology, VIII Edition. Holt Saunders  International Edition. 
● Barnes, R.S.K., Calow, P., Olive, P.j.W., Golding, D.W. and Spicer, J.I. (2002). The  Invertebrate: A New Synthesis, III Edition, Blackwell Science. 
● Barrington. E.J.W. Invertebrate form and function. PHI New Delhi. 
● Text book of Zoology. Parker, T.J., Haswell. W.A.Macmillan Co., London. 
 
e-RESOURCES:
 
e-JOURNALS:
● Journal of Animal Science
● Livestock Science 
● Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
 
Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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