APPLIED ZOOLOGY

Paper Code: 
24DZOL515B
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
Course objectives: 
This course will enable the students to – 
1.Aware about economically important pests
2. Gain knowledge about Poultry keeping, Dairy farming, Leather industry and wool industry
 
Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and 

teaching strategies

Assessment

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Course Code

Course Title

 

 

 

24DZOL515B 

Applied 

Zoology

THEORY

 

The students will -

CO:133 Recognize 

ecologically important and  harmful insects. 

CO:134 Understand the nature of  the damage done by an  insect pest.

CO:135 Critique the methods  of control of various insect  pests.

CO:136 Relate how 

arthropods work as vectors  of Human diseases and  affect human society.

CO:137 Design the set up of  Pisciculture, dairy farming,  poultry keeping, leather  industry and wool industry

CO:138 Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

The approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, 

Reading  assignments, 

Demonstration, Team teaching

 

Learning 

activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, 

Seminar,presentation, Giving tasks,  Chart preparation

Assessment 

Strategies

Semester  end examinations,  Quiz, Solving  problems in tutorials,  Assignments, 

Presentation.

 

12.00
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: 
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: 
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: 
leather and wool industry
Leather industry 
Wool industry 
Pharmaceuticals from animals 
12.00
Unit V: 
Aquaculture
Freshwater cultivable fishes and their aquaculture profile: Indian major carps, Exotic carps, Catfishes, Tilapia, achanna etc. 
Types of culture in India. 
Fishes diseases, 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-CONTENT: 
 
JOURNAL: 
Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology
International Journal of Applied Biology
Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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