ETHOLOGY AND APPLIED BIOLOGY (Theory)

Paper Code: 
24ZOL422
Objective: 

 

Course objectives:
 
This course will enable the students to -
 
Appraise the natural behaviour patterns, how the behaviour varies among individuals and species (wild, domestic, and captive), how current and past environments and ecology influence not only behaviour, but also the underlying gene environment interactions that shape it.
Develop an understanding of various culture industries for economic benefits.

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessmen t Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

 

24ZOL

422

Ethology & Applied Zoology

(Theory)

 

CO151.  Develop  the  knowledge

about  concepts and all aspects of

animal   behaviour Contribution of

ethologist

CO152.     Analyse     correlation

between Brain and behaviour and

Various  reproductive  behaviour

patterns

CO153. Examine various types of

communication used among animal, Migration and Orientation in birds and fishes and Social organisation.

CO154. Develop an understanding

of human ethology and concept of

learning.

CO155.       Apply        elementary

Knowledge        of        Sericulture,

Apiculture, Lac culture,

Pisciculture.

CO156. Contribute effectively in

course-specific interaction

Approach in

teaching:

Interactive

Lectures,

Discussion,

Reading

assignments,

Learning

activities for

the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective

questions,

Seminar

presentation,

Field practical

Class test

Semester end

examinations,

Quiz

Assignments,

Presentations

Surprise test

Open book

test

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I
Introduction of Ethology:
● History and Branches of ethology
● Introduction to the works of Konrad Lorenz, NikoTinbergen, Kark Von Frish
● Concepts of Ethology
● Fixed Action Pattern
● ASE
● Sign Stimulus
● Innate Releasing Mechanism
 
12.00
Unit II: 
Unit
Human Brain and behaviour 
Behavioural genetics 
Reproductive behaviour patterns:-
● Courtship and Mating
● Stickleback courtship behaviour
 
12.00
Unit III: 
Unit III
  • Social organization
  • Definition, properties, advantages, social group of rhesus and langur
  • Animal communication: Auditory, chemical,visual Migration: Fish (Catadromous and Anadromous), Orientation: Taxes and Kinesis

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV
  • Learning
  • Definition, difference from Instinct, habituation, trail and error, conditioning ● Imprinting
  • Human Ethology – Introduction to Desmond Morris, derivation of human behaviour from animals.

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Unit V

Elementary Knowledge of:

  • Sericulture Mulberry sericulture: Cultivation of food plants, Bioecology of mulberry silkworms, Rearing of silkworms, Harvesting and processing of cocoons, Reeling appliances, Diseases of Bombyx mori, Predators and parasitoids of silkworm and their management
  • Apiculture Kinds of honeybees, Organization of bee colony, Life-history and behaviour of bees, Diseases of honeybees, Beekeeping methods, Equipment and tools.Apiary management - Hiving a colony, Controlling swarming, Handling of bees, Extraction of honey and wax, Bee products.
  • Lacculture Lac insect and its life history, Host plant, Strains of lac insects, Propagation of lac insects, Lac crop management, Natural enemies of lac insects and, Lac extraction
  • Pisciculture Freshwater cultivable fishes and their aquaculture profile: Indian Major Carps (IMC), Exotic Carps (EC), Cat-fishes, Tilapia, Channa etc. Cultivable species of crustaceans and molluscs: Identification and aquaculture profile: Shrimps, freshwater prawn, crab, lobster, pearl oyster, edible oyster, mussel-clams etc.Brackish water aquaculture-Introduction, the tidal range, salinity and the biota.

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Animal behaviour- ReenaMathur, Rastogi Publications Meerut
  • Manning,An introduction to behaviour Edward. Arnold.London
  • Shrivastava: Test book of Applied Entomology, Vol. I &II (Kalyani Publishers, 1991)
  • 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)
  • Animal behaviour,Hindi,R.A. Publication McGraw Hill Co.New York.
  • Animal Societies and Evolution : Scientific Ameridan Publications

 

References: 
SUGGESTED READINGS:
● Animal behaviour : Mcfarland D.Publications.ELBS
● Animal behaviour :Werlace, R.A. Publ. Goodyear Publish in Colne.
● Grizimek' sencyclopaedia of Ethology.
● Handbook of Ethological method Laharen. Publ.Garland STPM Press
● Shukla and Upadhyaya : Economic Zoology (Rastogi Publishers, 2009)
● Chatterjee K.D. Parasitology (Protozoology and Helminthology) with two hundred fourteen illustrations. CBS Publishers & Distributors Limited, 2009.
● Paniker, CKJ. Textbook of Medical Parasitology. 6th Edition Jaypee Brothers, 2007
 
E-RESOURCES:
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/9-20-animal-behavior-fall-2013/pages/lecture... https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/9-20-animal-behavior-fall- 2013/resources/mit9_20f13_lec4/ https://www.masterclass.com/articles/guide-to- ethology-exploring-the-study-of-animal behavior#why-is-the-study-of-ethology- important
 
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Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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