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Applied Zoology
Paper Code:
DZOL501B T
Credits:
4
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
12.00
Unit I:
UNIT I
Insects pest of economically important crops and their control: Grain Pest: Rhizopertha, Sitophilus, Tribolium, Trogoderma, Callosobruchus
Brief idea of Integrated Pest Management (Types of Control strategies, Steps, Application, Necessity)
Rat menace and its control
12.00
Unit II:
Unit II
Animal Husbandry
Dairy farming
Basic concepts in dairy science
Semen collection & preservation; artificial insemination; multiple ovulation and embryo transfer
Different breeds of Cattle (Cow, Buffalo, Goat).
Preservation and artificial insemination in cattle; Induction of early puberty and synchronization of estrus in cattle
12.00
Unit III:
Unit III
Sericulture
Mulberry sericulture: Cultivation of food plants,
Bioecology of mulberry silkworms, Rearing of silkworm,
Harvesting and processing of cocoons, Reeling appliances,
Disease of Bombyx mori, Predators and parasitoids of silkworm and their management.
12.00
Unit IV:
Unit IV
Leather industry
Wool industry
Pharmaceuticals from animals
12.00
Unit V:
Unit V
Fresh water culivable fishes and their aquaculture prophile: Indian major carps,Exotic carps,Ctafishes, Tilapia, achanna etc.
Types of culture in India.
Fishes deseases , Fin Rot, Whitespot, Dropsy, cloudy eye, ulcers
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:
● Shrivastava: Test book of Applied Entomology, Vol. I &II (Kalyani Publishers, 1991)
● Insects. M. S. Mani, NBT, India, 2006.
● Text Book of Applied Zoology: Vermiculture, Apiculture, Sericulture, Lac-Culture,
Agricultural Pests and their Control by Pradip V. Jabde, 2005 Publisher Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd. New Delhi
● Absan and Sinha: A handbook of Economic Zoology (S. Chand and Company, 2009)
● Kotpal : Modern Text Book of Zoology Vertebrates (Rastogi Publication, 2011)
● Biological and Biotechnological control of insect pests, Racheigl and Racheigl, CRC Press, 1998
e-RESOURCES:
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JOURNAL:
• Journal of Developmental Biology
• International Journal of Developmental Biology
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