APPLIED ZOOLOGY PRACTICAL

Paper Code: 
24DZOL516B
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
Course objectives: 
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

24DZOL512B

APPLIED ZOOLOGY

PRACTICAL

 

CO:139  Recognize 

ecologically important and  harmful insects and understand the nature of  the damage done by an  insect pest.

CO:140 Relate how 

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

CO:141 Design the set up of  pisciculture, dairy farming,  poultry keeping.

CO:142 Develop skills related with leather  industry and wool industry

CO:143 Demonstrate skills and record the concepts in the form of  practical file and reflect on personal learning experiences and experimental outcomes during viva voce

CO:144 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,  

Simulation, Seminar 

presentation, Giving tasks,  Chart preparation

Assessment 

Strategies

Semester  end examination, Solving  problems in tutorials,  Assignments, 

Presentation, Open discussions and tests

 

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. Maintenance of freshwater aquarium
 

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: 
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  
 
Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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