APPLIED ZOOLOGY THEORY

Paper Code: 
25DZOL515B
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: 

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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 setup 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, prese ntation, 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,).
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, etc.
Types of culture in India.
Fish diseases: Fin Rot, Whitespot, Dropsy, cloudy eye, ulcers`
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
 
References: 
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: 
2025-2026
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