APPLIED ZOOLOGY

Paper Code: 
24DZOL501(B)
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
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

Strategies

 Course Code

Course Title

24DZOL501(B)

Applied  Zoology (Theory)

The students will be able to

CO61: Recognize ecologically important and harmful insects.  Understand the nature of the damage done by an insect pest.

CO62: Critique the methods of control of various insect pests.

CO63: Relate how 

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

CO64: Design the setup of Pisciculture, dairy farming, poultry keeping, leather 

industry and wool industry

CO65: Gain knowledge about cultivable fishes and their aquaculture profile

CO66: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.

 

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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