APPLIED ZOOLOGY

Paper Code: 
24DZOL502(B)
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
This course will enable the students to –
1. Gain knowledge about insect vectors
2. Identify feature and economic importance of pests 
 
 
Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and  teaching 

strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24DZOL50(B)

 

APPLIED ZOOLOGY

PRACTICAL

CO67: Recognize

Ecologically important and harmful insects.  Understand the nature of the damage done by an insect pest.

CO68: Relate how 

arthropods work as vectors of Human 

diseases and affect human society.

CO69: Design the setup of Pisciculture, dairy farming, poultry keeping, leather industry and wool industry

CO70:Create a report on necessary requirements of animal breeding and aquarium keeping

CO71:Demonstrate skills and recond the concepts in the form of practical file and reflect on personal learning experiences and experimental outcomes during viva voce.

CO72:Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

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, 

Chart 

preparation

Assessment 

Strategies

Class test, 

Semester end 

examinations, 

Quiz, Solving 

problems in 

tutorials, 

Assignments, 

Presentation.

 

1. Study of Plasmodium vivax, Entamoeba histolytica, Trypanosoma gambiense,  Ancylostoma duodenale and Wuchereria bancrofti and their life stages through  permanent slides/photomicrographs or specimens. 
2. Study of arthropod vectors associated with human diseases: Pediculus, Culex, Anopheles, Aedes and Xenopsylla. 
3. Study of insect damage to different plant parts/stored grains through damaged  products/photographs. 
4. Identifying feature and economic importance of Helicoverpa (Heliothis) armigera, Papilio  demoleus, Pyrilla perpusilla, Callosobruchus chinensis, Sitophilus oryzae and Tribolium  castaneum 
5. Visit to poultry farms or animal breeding centres. Submission of visit report 
6. Report on freshwater aquarium
 
SCHEME FOR PRACTICAL EXAMINATION
Scheme for CA End Practical Examination

Exercise  1

Exercise II

File

Viva

Attendance

Total

 

5

 

 

5

 

10

 

5

 

5

 

30

Scheme   for Semester End Practical Examination

Exercise I

Exercise II

Exercise III

Exercise IV

Spotting

File

Viva

Total

8

8

8

8

6x3=18

10

10

70

 

Essential Readings: 
ESSENTIAL READINGS: 
● Shukla and Upadhyaya: Economic Zoology (Rastogi Publishers, 2009). 
● Chatterjee K.D. Parasitology (Protozoology and Helminthology) with two hundred  fourteen illustrations. CBS Publishers & Distributors Private Limited, 2009. 
● Paniker, CKJ. Textbook of Medical Parasitology. 6th Edition Jaypee Brothers, 2007 
 
SUGGESTED READINGS 
● Park, K. (2007). Preventive and Social Medicine. XVI Edition. B.B Publishers.
● Arora, D. R and Arora, B. (2001). Medical Parasitology. II Edition. CBS Publications and  Distributors. 
● Kumar and Corton. Pathological Basis of Diseases. 
● Atwal, A.S. (1986). Agricultural Pests of India and South East Asia, Kalyani Publishers. 
● Dennis, H. (2009). Agricultural Entomology. Timber Press (OR). 
● Hafez, E. S. E. (1962). Reproduction in Farm Animals. Lea & Fabiger Publisher 
● Dunham R.A. (2004). Aquaculture and Fisheries Biotechnology Genetic Approaches.  CABI publications, U.K. 
● Pedigo, L.P. (2002). Entomology and Pest Management, Prentice HalL  
 
e-CONTENT: 
 
JOURNAL: 
● Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology
● International Journal of Applied Biology
 
Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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