APPLIED ZOOLOGY PRACTICAL

Paper Code: 
25DZOL516B
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

Assessmen t Strategies

Course Code

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25DZOL512B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Assessmen t Strategies Semester end examination

,       Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments

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Presentation

, Open discussions and tests

 

CONTENTS:
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 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: 
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: 
2025-2026
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